Re: Hitting head against wall: can't get perl to execute file

[Tyler MacDonald]

Peter1 Alvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to set up modperl on Windows XP.  Instead of executing the
> file, I get this returned to my browser:

Peter,
> But, I can't seem to configure Apache to actually *run* my script.
> I've tried all these directives:
> 
> <Files *.pm>
>     SetHandler modperl
> </Files>
> 
> AND
> 
> AddHandler modperl pm
> 
> Can anyone help me???

        I like the first one better. But to get those files to be handled by
mod_perl, you need to tell them what handler to use to load them. Are you
wanting to use perl modules (.pm) files, or cgi scripts in mod_perl? For CGI
scripts, i'd use:

<Files *.pm>
        PerlModule              ModPerl::Registry
        SetHandler              perl-script
        PerlResponseHandler     ModPerl::Registry
</Files>

        If you want to use actual modules (eg; part of your @INC is your web
root and you want to run their handlers) I'd use something like this, with
ModPerl::PackageRegistry:

<Files *.pm>
        PerlModule              ModPerl::PackageRegistry
        SetHandler              perl-script
        PerlResponseHandler     ModPerl::PackageRegistry
        PackageNamespace        My::Site
</Files>

        Cheers,
                Tyler