[mp2] Cookies and practical mod_perl

[Thomas Bolioli <tp...@terranovum.com>]

I am using practical mod_perl (good book stas) book to come back up to 
speed on mp after being away from perl and apache web development for a 
few years. I am developing something new in mp2 and I am trying to set 
cookies. The book's examples use Apache::Cookie and I tried to install 
Apache::Cookie on my RH9 system and it was looking for mp1. All of the 
MP1->MP2 migration docs fail to mention anything about this. I found 
this thread from a few weeks ago 
(http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/modperl/1923482) but it 
is more specific than my issue. What is the best way to set cookies in 
mp2? Is it to use the methods detailed in response to that post or is 
there something I have missed.
Thanks in advance,
Tom


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Re: [mp2] Cookies and practical mod_perl

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

Thomas Bolioli wrote:
> I am using practical mod_perl (good book stas) book to come back up to
> speed on mp after being away from perl and apache web development for a
> few years. I am developing something new in mp2 and I am trying to set
> cookies. The book's examples use Apache::Cookie and I tried to install
> Apache::Cookie on my RH9 system and it was looking for mp1.

you need Apache::Cookie for mod_perl 2.0.

see the download section of

http://httpd.apache.org/apreq/

you're looking for

libapreq2-2.02_02-dev.tar.gz


> All of the
> MP1->MP2 migration docs fail to mention anything about this. I found
> this thread from a few weeks ago
> (http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/modperl/1923482) but it
> is more specific than my issue. What is the best way to set cookies in
> mp2? Is it to use the methods detailed in response to that post or is
> there something I have missed.

you can also use CGI::Cookie.  see the CGI::Cookie docs for mod_perl
specific examples - the only difference is that you will want to use
$r->headers_out->set() instead of $r->header_out()

HTH

--Geoff


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