perlhandler -> CGI.pm -> no request object?

[Brian Reichert]

Sorry about the confusing subject line.

I'm witnessing a symptom:

Using apache_1.3.9 and mod_perl-1.21 and CGI.pm-2.56 under 3.2-STABLE.

I'm writing a cookie-based access handler.  (Based very directly
on the Apache::TicketMaster example in the Eagle book.)

My perl handler uses:

  use CGI qw(:standard);

then eventually calls

  header()

Deep down, my error log says

  [Fri Jan 28 17:59:24 2000] [error] Can't call method "send_cgi_header" on
  an undefined value at (eval 11) line 50.

Much digging shows that at around line 1278:

    my $header = join($CRLF,@header)."${CRLF}${CRLF}";
    if ($MOD_PERL and not $nph) {
        my $r = Apache->request; 
        $r->send_cgi_header($header);  
        return ''; 
    }
    return $header;

the call to Apache->request returns an undef.

The pod for Apache asserts:

       Apache->request([$r])

           The Apache->request method will return a reference to
           the request object.

but fails to disclose under what cirumstances the call fails.  I
most certainly have an Apache request object at my disposal, my
handler otherwise copes with it.

Does anyone have any opinions or pointers?

Thanks...

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