At 02:14 AM 11/6/00, Perrin Harkins wrote:
>Todd Finney wrote:
> >
> > This another follow-up to a previous thread, "maximum
> > (practical) size of $r->notes", from last week. We're
> > trying to redirect the output of $subr->run(), and
> return
> > it as a variable instead of sending it to the browser.
>
>Usually people consider this, realize that it's hard, and
>find a way to
>do what they need in perl without going back to
>Apache. If all of your
>subrequests are things like static files, CGI, and SSI,
>you may find it
>easier to generate the same results from perl code than to
>try and
>modify core Apache architecture. Libraries for doing most
>common tasks
>exist (Apache::SSI, Apache::PerlRun, Apache::File).
Thanks, Perrin. The handler uses Apache::File to serve
static files. I've just read the Apache::SSI
documentation, and it looks like we can use that to cover
most of the components. Many of them have yet to be
written, so it's no problem adapting to the differences in
argument handling between CGI and <!--#perl sub=""
arg=""-->.
The only difficulty then remaining is the existing CGI
scripts that this system wraps. There are several dozen of
these in place already, and changing the argument handling
would be rather tedious. Do you know of an easy method for
handling that translation, 'easy' meaning 'anything easier
than changing all the scripts or Apache itself'. :)
Thanks again, and thanks to those that have been offering
advice off-list.
cheers,
Todd
