Re: [mp2] Apache::PerlSections->dump gives no output at all.

["Philippe M. Chiasson" <go...@ectoplasm.org>]

M.v.Buytene wrote:
> On 2004-10-28 17:34:23 +0200, "Philippe M. Chiasson" 
> <go...@ectoplasm.org> said:
>>M.v.Buytene wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>>When i use the Apache::PerlSections->dump(); i only see
>>>
>>>1;
>>>__END__
>>

The problem is now clear to me. The <Perl> section handling in mod_perl 2,
even though it's mostly backwards compatible with the way thing worked in 1.x,
is significantly different.

This is a good example of it. The way processing of <Perl> sections is
now done thru handlers, just like the rest of mod_perl. In this case, the call
to Apache::PerlSections->dump() is performed at code evaluation time, _before_
the PerlSection handler is handed the parsed <Perl> section. This will be
documented shortly.

But to fix your problem, the rule is simple. Put your code in <Perl> blocks and
make sure to set $Apache::PerlSections::Save = 1. Then in *another* <Perl> block
do your Apache::PerlSections->dump() call. So for instance:

<Perl>
   $Apache::PerlSections::Save = 1;
   [...]
</Perl>

<Perl>
   print STDERR Apache::PerlSections->dump();
</Perl>

Or if you don't like the one-liner <Perl> block, you can also use the Perl directive
for one-liners:

   Perl print STDERR Apache::PerlSections->dump();

Either way, I'll be changing the documentation to make this clear.
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