Strange error in log when trying to implement PerlTypeHandler

[Michele Gherlone <mi...@liceoberchet.it>]

Hi all!
I was trying to bypass mod_mime for certain mime type, and 
I wrote this small handler:
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package Apache::MIMEMagic;
$Apache::MIMEMagic::VERSION='0.10';
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(OK DECLINED);
use File::MMagic;
use strict;     
sub handler {   
   my $r = shift;
my 
$ct=File::MMagic->new->checktype_filename($r->filename);
   $r->handler('default-handler');  
   $r->content_type($ct);
   return Apache2::Const::OK;
}
1;
---------------------------------
Since I was running it for a dir under my docroot, i had 
to set Apache's default-handler. All went fine, docs were 
correctly served, but in my logs for every served 
document, this error line appeared:
`Invalid type 'the' at line 1`.
I really wish I could know where this error comes from. 
Perhaps from mod_mime itself, or...?
TIA
Mike

Re: Strange error in log when trying to implement PerlTypeHandler

[Geoffrey Young <ge...@modperlcookbook.org>]

>> I really wish I could know where this error comes from. Perhaps from
>> mod_mime itself, or...?
> 
> 
> grep the apache sources for 'Invalid type' string?

I did last night - that error is coming from File::MMagic.

--Geoff

Re: Strange error in log when trying to implement PerlTypeHandler

[Michele Gherlone <mi...@liceoberchet.it>]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:05:34 +0200
  Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org> wrote:
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>Michele Gherlone wrote:
>> Hi all!
>> I was trying to bypass mod_mime for certain mime type, 
>>and I wrote this 
>> small handler:
>> --------------------------------
>> package Apache::MIMEMagic;
>> $Apache::MIMEMagic::VERSION='0.10';
>> use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(OK DECLINED);
>> use File::MMagic;
>> use strict;     sub handler {     my $r = shift;
>> my 
>>$ct=File::MMagic->new->checktype_filename($r->filename);
>>   $r->handler('default-handler'); 
>>   $r->content_type($ct);
>>   return Apache2::Const::OK;
>> }
>> 1;
>> ---------------------------------
>> Since I was running it for a dir under my docroot, i had 
>>to set Apache's 
>> default-handler. All went fine, docs were correctly 
>>served, but in my 
>> logs for every served document, this error line 
>>appeared:
>> `Invalid type 'the' at line 1`.
>
>What's the value of $ct?
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package Apache::MIMEMagic;
$Apache::MIMEMagic::VERSION='0.10';
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(OK DECLINED);
use File::MMagic;
use strict;
sub handler {
   my $r = shift;
   my 
$ct=File::MMagic->new->checktype_filename($r->filename);
   print STDERR "Filename passed to File::MMagic: 
",$r->filename,"\n";
   $r->handler('default-handler');
   print STDERR "After setting the default handler\n";
   $r->content_type($ct);
   print STDERR "After setting the content type: $ct, the 
content_type is: ",$r->content_type,"\n";
   return Apache2::Const::OK;
}
1;
With this `print STDERR` debug lines attached, i could 
realize that the `Invalid type 'the'` error comes out 
sometimes once sometimes twice per request. $ct is always 
set to a correct mime/type when it gets printed. Since the 
error comes from File::MMagic itself (thx to Geoff), I 
wonder when does the handler get invoked and how many 
times per request, untill it can set the request_content. 
Maybe it gets called when $r->filename is undef or eq '', 
so causing File::MMagic to fail. I'll try to add an if 
clause.
Thx for your reply.
Mike.
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>> I really wish I could know where this error comes from. 
>>Perhaps from 
>> mod_mime itself, or...?
>
>grep the apache sources for 'Invalid type' string?
>
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Re: Strange error in log when trying to implement PerlTypeHandler

[Stas Bekman <st...@stason.org>]

Michele Gherlone wrote:
> Hi all!
> I was trying to bypass mod_mime for certain mime type, and I wrote this 
> small handler:
> --------------------------------
> package Apache::MIMEMagic;
> $Apache::MIMEMagic::VERSION='0.10';
> use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(OK DECLINED);
> use File::MMagic;
> use strict;     sub handler {     my $r = shift;
> my $ct=File::MMagic->new->checktype_filename($r->filename);
>   $r->handler('default-handler');    $r->content_type($ct);
>   return Apache2::Const::OK;
> }
> 1;
> ---------------------------------
> Since I was running it for a dir under my docroot, i had to set Apache's 
> default-handler. All went fine, docs were correctly served, but in my 
> logs for every served document, this error line appeared:
> `Invalid type 'the' at line 1`.

What's the value of $ct?

> I really wish I could know where this error comes from. Perhaps from 
> mod_mime itself, or...?

grep the apache sources for 'Invalid type' string?

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