Apache::PerlSections(3pm)

NAME

Apache::PerlSections - Utilities for work with <Perl> sections

SYNOPSIS

    use Apache::PerlSections ();

DESCRIPTION

It is possible to configure you server entirely in Perl using <Perl> sections in httpd.conf. This module is here to help you with such a task.

METHODS

dump

This method will dump out all the configuration variables mod_perl will be feeding the the apache config gears. The output is suitable to read back in via "eval".

Example:

 <Perl>

 use Apache::PerlSections ();

 $Port = 8529;

 $Location{"/perl"} = {
     SetHandler => "perl-script",
     PerlHandler => "Apache::Registry",
     Options => "ExecCGI",
 };

 @DocumentIndex = qw(index.htm index.html);

 $VirtualHost{"www.foo.com"} = {
     DocumentRoot => "/tmp/docs",
     ErrorLog => "/dev/null",
     Location => {
         "/" => {
             Allowoverride => 'All',
             Order => 'deny,allow',
             Deny  => 'from all',
             Allow => 'from foo.com',
         }, 
     },
 };

 print Apache::PerlSections->dump;

 </Perl>

This will print something like so:

 package Apache::ReadConfig;
 #scalars:

 $Port = 8529;

 #arrays:

 @DocumentIndex = (
   'index.htm',
   'index.html'
 );

 #hashes:

 %Location = (
   '/perl' => {
     PerlHandler => 'Apache::Registry',
     SetHandler => 'perl-script',
     Options => 'ExecCGI'
   }
 );

 %VirtualHost = (
   'www.foo.com' => {
     Location => {
       '/' => {
         Deny => 'from all',
         Order => 'deny,allow',
         Allow => 'from foo.com',
         Allowoverride => 'All'
       }
     },
     DocumentRoot => '/tmp/docs',
     ErrorLog => '/dev/null'
   }
 );

 1;
 __END__

store

This method will call the "dump" method, writing the output to a file, suitable to be pulled in via "require".

Example:

   Apache::PerlSections->store("httpd_config.pl");

   require 'httpd_config.pl';

AUTHOR

Doug MacEachern