Once complete, I can preload the modules at Apache startup. Is
that correct?
If you want to benefit from pre compiling your code using something
like a startup.pl file to load the modules
you use would speed things up considerably from running them as CGI cgi.
I use 2 files one for 3rd party modules and one for my own with it's
own include path.
Also, I may want to use ajax, therefore, what modules will I need
to run Apache2::Ajax?
Ajax is a client side technology. You would use whatever you're
using now, only
running your cgi as mod_perl scripts instead, e.g. if you use CGI.pm
to process
ajax requests currently, you might want to look into the APR modules
as replacements for
acquiring your request data.
http://httpd.apache.org/apreq/docs/libapreq2/modules.html
Also keep in mind using mod_perl over standard cgi scripts gives you
a larger apache life cycle,
i.e. some scripts might be better off applied as filters rather than
during the response phase.
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/
http.html#PerlResponseHandler
http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/handlers/
filters.html#HTTP_Request_Versus_Connection_Filters
Hope that helps.
-bop
On Dec 30, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Raful Mr Mitchell H wrote:
I have a site that is written with traditional CGI (no cgi.pm ). I
use mod_perl2 but rather than run the scripts as CGI I want to
convert them to mod_perl. I have read Beckman's latest on mod_perl
2 and have Practical Mod_Perl.
Here's the question. From what I have read, it looks like I should
re-write my perl scripts as perl modules and make the appropriate
changes, such as using $r inside handlers, etc. Once complete, I
can preload the modules at Apache startup. Is that correct? Also,
I may want to use ajax, therefore, what modules will I need to run
Apache2::Ajax?
Thanks,
Mitch
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