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=head1 NAME

Apache2::PerlSections - write Apache configuration files in Perl





=head1 Synopsis

  <Perl>
  @PerlModule = qw(Mail::Send Devel::Peek);
  
  #run the server as whoever starts it
  $User  = getpwuid(>) || >;
  $Group = getgrgid()) || );
  
  $ServerAdmin = $User;
  
  </Perl>






=head1 Description

With C<E<lt>PerlE<gt>>...C<E<lt>/PerlE<gt>> sections, it is possible
to configure your server entirely in Perl.

C<E<lt>PerlE<gt>> sections can contain I<any> and as much Perl code as
you wish. These sections are compiled into a special package whose
symbol table mod_perl can then walk and grind the names and values of
Perl variables/structures through the Apache core configuration gears.

Block sections such as C<E<lt>LocationE<gt>>..C<E<lt>/LocationE<gt>>
are represented in a C<%Location> hash, e.g.:

  <Perl>
  $Location{"/~dougm/"} = {
    AuthUserFile   => '/tmp/htpasswd',
    AuthType       => 'Basic',
    AuthName       => 'test',
    DirectoryIndex => [qw(index.html index.htm)],
    Limit          => {
        "GET POST"    => {
            require => 'user dougm',
        }
    },
  };
  </Perl>

If an Apache directive can take two or three arguments you may push
strings (the lowest number of arguments will be shifted off the
C<@list>) or use an array reference to handle any number greater than
the minimum for that directive:

  push @Redirect, "/foo", "http://www.foo.com/";
  
  push @Redirect, "/imdb", "http://www.imdb.com/";
  
  push @Redirect, [qw(temp "/here" "http://www.there.com")];

Other section counterparts include C<%VirtualHost>, C<%Directory> and
C<%Files>.

To pass all environment variables to the children with a single
configuration directive, rather than listing each one via C<PassEnv>
or C<PerlPassEnv>, a C<E<lt>PerlE<gt>> section could read in a file and:

  push @PerlPassEnv, [$key => $val];

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