Hi all, looking at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/expr.html, i found things like "Modules may register additional unary operators." or "Modules may register additional functions." but not the slightest hint how to actually do this, also googling for some time didn't get me anything useful either.
To be more precise, i am _not_ looking to write functions to extend the API and use in other modules (which is what all the Google searches for "apache module functions" find). What i am looking for is extending functions or operators for the expression parser to use in httpd.conf. Also, i am not looking for a general description how to write modules, I already wrote, compiled and ran simple modules (like the usual "helloworld" handler). I am just looking for the specifics on how to register functions/operators and maybe what else is needed (probably something similar to the check "is it for me?" in a content handler). Some background if anyone is interested: I am trying to write a function or (unary or binary) operator (either would work for me) to check a URL against a list read from a file, which i can use in an <If ..> block. I am not worried about writing the actual doing in the module, like reading the file or matching the URL, not because i am that good but the task is quite simple and there is good documentation around :). Anyhow i don't know how to get started with registring this function, and if any other checks have to be done (see above). I already tried this with a small list directly in a <If " ... regexmatch here ...">, but i am afraid if this list gets really large (thinking in the range of millions of URLs) there will be either a limit to it where it doesn't work, or at least get very slow. If anyone knows a simple method to do this with existing features, i would be glad to hear about it, but i doubt it's possible. I know there is a function "file" that reads a file, and there are functions -strmatch -in etc., but they are not quite enough to actually match a rather complex URL pattern (for example i would have something like "www1.example.com" in my list, "server.www1.example.com" should match this, but not "www2.example.com/index.html#www1.example.com"). I'm not 100% sure this is the right place to ask, it might also be a request for the documentation mailinglist, since i wouldn't have asked if there was at least some documentation about it.
