My understanding is that all copies of a mod_perl enabled apache will "share" loaded modules.

If this is the case, isn't there the possibility of one Apache::Registry script interfering with another?

Take CGI.pm for example,if you want to disable file uploads for one Apache::Registry script by adding

$DISABLE_UPLOADS = 1 and then another script enables it by

$DISABLE_UPLOADS = 0 , aren't they modifying the same variable?

If so, doesn't that mean that a script that disables it at some point could interfere with another or subsequent running Apache::Registry script that enables, correct?

Am I confused about how this is working behind the scenes? I have had a hard time tracking down the answer to this but maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places. ;)

Can someone enlighten me?

Thanks
-Lee

In reply to Package Globals and mod_perl by shotgunefx

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