multipart/form under mod_perl

[philou]

Hi all,

I need to upload files to my server (Apache+mod_perl), and am looking for a mod_perl method to handle multipart/form data within my perl handler.
I would prefer not to use the upload methods of CGI, and use some mod_perl specific methods for that task, but I have not been able to find out some appropriate way to do that (apart from reading directly from the socket).
Does anybody has some tips about that ?
Thanks

philou

[gellyfish]

I would recommend that you take a look at the Apache::Request module - it has a similar interface to that of the CGI module but works directly with the Apache API.

You will get some code like this :

        
          use Apache::Request;
     
          sub handler
          {
              my ( $request ) = @_;     

              my $apr = Apache::Request->new($request);

              my $upload = $apr->upload;
              my $fh = $upload->fh;
               
              while(<$fh>) {
                  
                  # do something with file contents 
                  
              }
          }

/J\

[philou]

Thanks man,
I thought the Apache::Request was bundled with mod_perl, but the fact is that I was actually using the basic request object provided by mod_perl.
That Apache::Request seems to have all the features I have ever dreamed of (some of them I had to write them by myself).
philou