It's hard to find because it's hard to know how to phrase the question. I suspect it's a scoping issue. The mod_perl environment is sometimes a little surprising in that respect. If you post some of the code it'd probably be a lot easier to figure out.

My initial guess is that you're using Apache::Registry in a way that exposes you to closures by accident. I first started with mod_perl by converting existing CGIs into mod_perl apps with a handler like this: 

  #     <Files ~ ".pl$">
  #         SetHandler perl-script
  #         PerlHandler Apache::Registry
  #     </Files>

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If I recall correctly, it was wrapping my whole .pl file in a big function and causing strange things to happen. I got the hang of it after a while, but not until I read things like Closures and scope, Closures question, and more.

I had a bunch of nice articles bookmarked that explained the problem really well, but they seem to have disappeared on me. ikegami explains it really well below anyway.

-Paul

In reply to Re: time in mod_perl by jettero
in thread time in mod_perl by Bruce32903

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