Re: Read file at startup, access data during request?
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Richard Anderson wrote:
> I want to read and parse a file when Apache mod_perl starts and have access to the
>data while my mod_perl methods are processing the request. The most obvious approach
>(to me) is to put the reading/parsing code at the beginning of my mod_perl module,
>outside of my methods, and load the data into a package array variable that my
>methods can access during request processing.
>
> However, I want to put the pathname of the file (relative to ServerRoot) in the
>httpd.conf file as a PerlSetVar. I don't see any way to access the value of a
>PerlSetVar until the request phase. In other words, in the module code that runs at
>startup time, I want to do this:
>
> my $file = $r->server_root_relative($r->dir_config('SharedSecretKeyFile'));
>
> except I don't have the Apache Request object ($r).
>
> Am I completely on the wrong track? Is there some way to access a PerlSetVar
>without the request object?
How about this: httpd.conf:
use My::Preload;
My::Preload::init('SharedSecretKeyFile');
But you can do this as well:
my $s = Apache->server;
my $file = $s->dir_config('SharedSecretKeyFile');
The former seems simpler to me...
and it's pretty much all in the guide :)
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Read file at startup, access data during request?
I want to read and parse a file when Apache mod_perl starts and have access to the
data while my mod_perl methods are processing the request. The most obvious approach
(to me) is to put the reading/parsing code at the beginning of my mod_perl module,
outside of my methods, and load the data into a package array variable that my methods
can access during request processing.
However, I want to put the pathname of the file (relative to ServerRoot) in the
httpd.conf file as a PerlSetVar. I don't see any way to access the value of a
PerlSetVar until the request phase. In other words, in the module code that runs at
startup time, I want to do this:
my $file = $r->server_root_relative($r->dir_config('SharedSecretKeyFile'));
except I don't have the Apache Request object ($r).
Am I completely on the wrong track? Is there some way to access a PerlSetVar without
the request object?
Richard Anderson, Ph.D. www.unixscripts.com
Perl / Java / SQL / Unix [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Raycosoft, LLC Seattle, WA, USA
