I'm using mod_perl 2 and HTML::Mason. This isn't necessarily a Mason question, though, as the problem could be solved through either Mason or Apache2::Request.

I want to be able to pass a variable from my httpd.conf into the called mod_perl pages. e.g. set a variable called "sitename" that I can access by calling something like $r->{sitename} or $r->param("sitename").

It is important that the variable is associated with the handler because I am using many virtual web sites (each with their own handler) with Apache on Linux.

Here is the configuration I am presently using for my handler..

  <Perl>
  {
    package MyMasonHandler_mywebsite;

    use vars qw(@ISA);
    push( @ISA, 'HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler' );

    my $ah = HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler->new(
        comp_root => "/home/mywebsite/html",
        data_dir => "/var/cache/mason/mywebsite",
        args_method => 'mod_perl',
    );

    sub handler {
        my ( $r ) = @_;

        # maybe set something here?
        # e.g. $r->param("sitename") = "mywebsite";

        $ah->handle_request( $r );
    }
  }
  </Perl>

  <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName mywebsite
    DocumentRoot /home/mywebsite/html
    
    <Files *.mhtml>
       SetHandler perl-script
       PerlHandler MyMasonHandler_mywebsite
    </Files>
  </VirtualHost>

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In reply to Passing variable from httpd.conf via Apache2::Request or Mason by monarch

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