Thanks for the input. I tried PerlPassEnv and found no change. In fact, I can't verify PerlPassEnv does anything at all. I'm using perl-script as my handler so SetupEnv is turned on and I get all the environment variables in the response phase.
In the header parser and authentication phases, I only get MOD_PERL, MOD_PERL_API_VERSION, and PATH. PerlPassEnv does not appear to do anything. One wierd thing, though. In the authentication handler, I set the variable WS_ENTITY to a piece of $r->hostname. If I reboot the server, on the first request, this variable does not appear before the response phase. However, in subsequent requests to the server, WS_ENTITY is found in the earlier phases but no other variables are, other than the Mod_Perl variables listed above. The wierd thing is, I set three other variables at the same time as WS_ENTTY but they don't show up--go figure. BTW, I was testing PerlPassEnv with SERVER_HOME, not WS_ENTITY. I can only conclude that PerlPassEnv is buggy. i have the same server running several virtual hosts and want to set the database name for the host in the apache config and I need this value available in the authentication handler. Any other ideas? Fred Moyer wrote: > > stevethames wrote: >> Can anyone tell me how to retrieve the environment variables set by the >> Apache server in the PerlAuthenHandler or the PerlHeaderParserHandler? >> Basically any handler that is called before the PerlResponseHandler. >> >> I am using virtual hosts and want to set a variable for each one. This >> variable is needed in the authentication handler. I can create a >> database >> and store values by the host name but setting them in the environment >> would >> be easier. > > It sounds like you are looking for PerlPassEnv > > http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html#C_PerlPassEnv_ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Retrieve-server-environment-vars-before-response-handler.-tf2305332.html#a6413194 Sent from the mod_perl - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
