Apache::RequestRec

REQUESTREC(1)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        REQUESTREC(1)



NAME
       Apache::RequestRec -- A Perl API for Apache request object

SYNOPSIS
         use Apache::RequestRec;
         sub handler{
             my $r = shift;

             my $s = $r->server;
             my $dir_config = $r->dir_config;
             ...
         }

DESCRIPTION
       "Apache::RequestRec" provides the Perl API for Apache request object.

API
       Function arguments (if any) and return values are shown in the func-
       tion's synopsis.

       o server()
             $s = $r->server;

           Gets the "Apache::Server" object for the server the request $r is
           running under.

       o dir_config()
           dir_config() provides an interface for the per-directory variable
           specified by the "PerlSetVar" and "PerlAddVar" directives, and also
           can be manipulated via the "APR::Table" methods.

           The keys are case-insensitive.

             $apr_table = $r->dir_config();

           dir_config() called in a scalar context without the $key argument
           returns a HASH reference blessed into the APR::Table class. This
           object can be manipulated via the APR::Table methods. For available
           methods see APR::Table.

             @values = $r->dir_config($key);

           If the $key argument is passed in the list context a list of all
           matching values will be returned. This method is ineffective for
           big tables, as it does a linear search of the table. Thefore avoid
           using this way of calling dir_config() unless you know that there
           could be more than one value for the wanted key and all the values
           are wanted.

             $value = $r->dir_config($key);

           If the $key argument is passed in the scalar context only a single
           value will be returned. Since the table preserves the insertion
           order, if there is more than one value for the same key, the oldest
           value assosiated with the desired key is returned. Calling in the
           scalar context is also much faster, as it'll stop searching the ta-
           ble as soon as the first match happens.

             $r->dir_config($key => $val);

           If the $key and the $val arguments are used, the set() operation
           will happen: all existing values associated with the key $key (and
           the key itself) will be deleted and $value will be placed instead.

             $r->dir_config($key => undef);

           If $val is undef the unset() operation will happen: all existing
           values associated with the key $key (and the key itself) will be
           deleted.

       o



perl v5.8.0                       2002-05-19                     REQUESTREC(1)