RE: Adding a mod_perl / handler gives odd SCRIPT_NAME and PATH_IN FO...

[Geoffrey Young <gy...@laserlink.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacqui Caren [mailto:jacqui.caren@ig.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:06 AM
> To: Mod Perl
> Cc: Oliver Taylor; Jacqui Caren
> Subject: Adding a mod_perl / handler gives odd SCRIPT_NAME and
> PATH_INFO...
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> The problem is that we expect everything after / to be
> part of PATH_INFO - from the CGI env it is not possible 
> to tell if we are trying to exclude /aaaa from the dynamic part of
> the URL or whether Apache/mod_perl has decided to moe this part
> of the URl into the script name.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome.

rewrite requests to / or /index.html to your working <Location /pgc> - that
will keep your dynamic stuff looking like it came from /

> 
> FYI: we have currently modified the sstem to include our own 
> TransHandler
> however for various reasons this is not an ideal solution...

if you are already writing your own trans handler, you'll benefit from
setting PerlSetupEnv Off and getting $r->path_info yourself instead of
gleaning it from %ENV...

HTH

--Geoff


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