mod_perl 2 and Forms?

[Da...@ssmhc.com]

I'll admit that I'm a mod_perl newbie.  I've always just used plain ol' 
CGI scripts in the past.  Obviously I have relied's upon CGI's param() 
method to get form parameters.  Looking around the documentation, I can 
see how to do the equivalent using mod_perl, but nothing with mod_perl 2. 
In fact, many a google search has suggested that this is more or less 
broken in mod_perl 2 and to use CGI.pm instead.  However, before I did 
this, which I consider to be a kludge, I figured it would be best to ask 
the community since I can find nothing about it on the mod_perl 
documentation site.

So here's the basic question.  What method(s) do I use in standard 
mod_perl 2 modules to perform tasks similar to CGI.pm's param() method?

Dan Kelley
Sr. Network Analyst
SSM Health Care, Information Center
(314) 768-5144 / (314) 256-9272


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Re: mod_perl 2 and Forms?

[Perrin Harkins <ph...@gmail.com>]

On 2/20/07, Dan_Kelley@ssmhc.com <Da...@ssmhc.com> wrote:
> So here's the basic question.  What method(s) do I use in standard mod_perl
> 2 modules to perform tasks similar to CGI.pm's param() method?

CGI.pm works fine and is not a kludge.  If you want something faster
and lighter, Apache2::Request (in the libapreq2 distribution) is it.

- Perrin

Re: mod_perl 2 and Forms?

[Foo JH <jh...@extracktor.com>]

Install libapreq2, which emulates the CGI->param() method. Depending how 
refactored your existing codes are, you may not need to rework much.

Dan_Kelley@ssmhc.com wrote:
>
> I'll admit that I'm a mod_perl newbie.  I've always just used plain 
> ol' CGI scripts in the past.  Obviously I have relied's upon CGI's 
> param() method to get form parameters.  Looking around the 
> documentation, I can see how to do the equivalent using mod_perl, but 
> nothing with mod_perl 2.  In fact, many a google search has suggested 
> that this is more or less broken in mod_perl 2 and to use CGI.pm 
> instead.  However, before I did this, which I consider to be a kludge, 
> I figured it would be best to ask the community since I can find 
> nothing about it on the mod_perl documentation site.
>
> So here's the basic question.  What method(s) do I use in standard 
> mod_perl 2 modules to perform tasks similar to CGI.pm's param() method?
>
> Dan Kelley
> Sr. Network Analyst
> SSM Health Care, Information Center
> (314) 768-5144 / (314) 256-9272
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Re: mod_perl 2 and Forms?

[Jonathan Mangin <jo...@comcast.net>]

See Apache2::Request.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan_Kelley@ssmhc.com 
  To: modperl@perl.apache.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:58 PM
  Subject: mod_perl 2 and Forms?



  I'll admit that I'm a mod_perl newbie.  I've always just used plain ol' CGI scripts in the past.  Obviously I have relied's upon CGI's param() method to get form parameters.  Looking around the documentation, I can see how to do the equivalent using mod_perl, but nothing with mod_perl 2.  In fact, many a google search has suggested that this is more or less broken in mod_perl 2 and to use CGI.pm instead.  However, before I did this, which I consider to be a kludge, I figured it would be best to ask the community since I can find nothing about it on the mod_perl documentation site. 

  So here's the basic question.  What method(s) do I use in standard mod_perl 2 modules to perform tasks similar to CGI.pm's param() method? 

  Dan Kelley
  Sr. Network Analyst
  SSM Health Care, Information Center
  (314) 768-5144 / (314) 256-9272



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Re: mod_perl 2 and Forms?

[Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:58:51 -0600
Dan_Kelley@ssmhc.com wrote:

> I'll admit that I'm a mod_perl newbie.  I've always just used plain
> ol' CGI scripts in the past.  Obviously I have relied's upon CGI's
> param() method to get form parameters.  Looking around the
> documentation, I can see how to do the equivalent using mod_perl, but
> nothing with mod_perl 2. In fact, many a google search has suggested
> that this is more or less broken in mod_perl 2 and to use CGI.pm
> instead. 
 
   This is mostly for the archives, but the "brokenness" those searches
   are referring to is most likely the change in the mod_perl API that
   does allow you to override the values you get from Apache2::Request.

   In MP1 you could change those values, but in MP2 they are
   ( properly IMHO ) read-only. 

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   Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>
   http://www.wiles.org
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