You don't need a handler to do what you want. Use the path_info method from CGI.

Write a CGI script img (or whatever) whose sole purpose is to feed user images. e.g: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI;

my $q = new CGI;

my ($user) = split m!/!, $q->path_info();

# database connection stuff here ...
# fetch $pic from database for $user

pint $q->header("image/jpeg"), $pic;

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... or something like that. And then have an image tag like <img src="/cgi-bin/img/bobo/whatever.jpg">



[ ar0n ]

In reply to (ar0n) Re: (webappdev) database centralization ease + client-side file caching? by ar0n
in thread (webappdev) database centralization ease + client-side file caching? by princepawn

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