PerlSetEnv and PerlRequire

[Likeless]

Good day,

I am trying to write a startup script (ie. PerlRequire) that uses a value set in httpd.conf by PerlSetEnv.

The value does not seem to be passed to the startup script.

I have checked $ENV{'mod_perl'} and startup.pl is indeed running under mod_perl.

Does anybody know if this is standard behaviour, and if there is any way to pass the value in from httpd.conf?

[friedo]

As far as I know, PerlSetEnv variables are only set in the CGI environment during a request cycle, not when Apache is starting up. You will need to set the variable when you start Apache for your startup script to see it.

[ikegami]

According to the mod_perl docs,

PerlSetEnv allows you to specify system environment variables and pass them into your mod_perl handlers. These values are then available through the normal perl %ENV mechanisms.

Apparently, it's set for all mod_perl handlers, not just for the "CGI environment during a request cycle". (Is that a weird way of saying Apache::Registry?)

Likeless: technically, the startup script is not a handler. The var might not be set for it. You are checking for the var in %ENV, right? You might want to ask your question on the mod_perl mailing list. That might even be something they'd want to fix.

[friedo]

(Is that a weird way of saying Apache::Registry?)

No, it's a stupid way of saying it. :)

[Anonymous Monk]

In httpd.conf:

<Perl>
$My::ENV->{one} = 1;
$My::ENV->{two} = 2;
</Perl>

In startup.pl:

print "$My::ENV->{one}\n";
print "$My::ENV->{two}\n";