Perl block handler problems

[Kevin Bosak]

Hi all,
  I was trying to set up some perl code to configure my apache server dynamically and came across this: http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/PerlSections.html#Advanced_API .  Upon trying it out however, I could not get it working correctly.  It seems that the Perl code in the <Perl> block is getting executed fine, but there are problems when trying to parse the "handler=xxx" portion of the opening tag.

For example, if I have <Perl handler="Foo">  it will complain that "Foo" can not be found in @INC.  However, if I leave the quotes off of the module, <Perl handler=Foo>, it seems to work fine.  Also, the example in the docs shows the handler method being defined as "sub My::Handler::handler : handler " which for me gives an error.  Though using the ": method" attribute works.

So, is the handler feature of Perl blocks just not yet working right?  Has anyone else had luck with it?  Are the docs incorrect?


mod_perl 2.0.4
apache 2.2.13
perl 5.10.1

Thanks,
Kevin

[Kevin Bosak]

I don't mean to be a pest but I'd like to further explore using handlers for Perl sections.  Does anyone have any info on this or can point me in another direction?

I guess I can just put my dynamic configs in a perl module that's not called as a handler and just 'use' it in the apache config, right?  I know I can put it in a Perl section using the default handler but I'd like to have my perl code in a separate module and not the apache config.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Kevin Bosak <philote@...> wrote:

Hi all,
  I was trying to set up some perl code to configure my apache server dynamically and came across this: http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/api/Apache2/PerlSections.html#Advanced_API .  Upon trying it out however, I could not get it working correctly.  It seems that the Perl code in the <Perl> block is getting executed fine, but there are problems when trying to parse the "handler=xxx" portion of the opening tag.

For example, if I have <Perl handler="Foo">  it will complain that "Foo" can not be found in @INC.  However, if I leave the quotes off of the module, <Perl handler=Foo>, it seems to work fine.  Also, the example in the docs shows the handler method being defined as "sub My::Handler::handler : handler " which for me gives an error.  Though using the ": method" attribute works.

So, is the handler feature of Perl blocks just not yet working right?  Has anyone else had luck with it?  Are the docs incorrect?


mod_perl 2.0.4
apache 2.2.13
perl 5.10.1

Thanks,
Kevin