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Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by perrin (Chancellor) on Jul 08, 2006 at 20:31 UTC
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Apache::Template sounds like what you're asking for. However, it's not very equivalent to the other things you mentioned. Rails is an MVC system which would be like using a mod_perl handler (maybe with the help of CGI::Application or Catalyst) and using TT2 for your view. | [reply] |
Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 08, 2006 at 17:16 UTC
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after reading that post, i should elaborate more. This would be my index.html for instance:
<html>
<body>
[% INCLUDE header.html %]
[% check_login() %]
Welcome to the site!
[% INCLUDE footer.html %]
</body>
</html>
now, the user would directly request the index.html page, and apache would (theoretically) run it through a mod_perl handler first, which would interpret the TT2 directives, *then* serve it to the user. It would also make a huge library of predefined perl functions available as TT2 directives (such as check_login(), which would check for a login cookie and, if found, authenticate the user).
Is this a solid idea to use perl and TT2? or should we go with ASP or some other solution? | [reply]
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To elaborate, you want to, for example, have a .pl file sitting in your /etc somewhere with a bunch of subroutines you have taken the time to write, which can be called from any .html file in your DOCUMENT_ROOT?
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Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by water (Deacon) on Jul 10, 2006 at 04:15 UTC
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You should also evaluate
catalyst
if you want to stay with perl. | [reply] |
Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by davorg (Chancellor) on Jul 10, 2006 at 15:29 UTC
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An alternative to Apache::Template is mod_tt - but there doesn't seem to have been much development on it recently.
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< http://dave.org.uk>
"The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about
Perl club."
-- Chip Salzenberg
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Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by ftumsh (Scribe) on Jul 10, 2006 at 13:02 UTC
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You also have the option of AxKit.
I use it and it is _very_ good.
www.axkit.org | [reply] |
Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by saberworks (Curate) on Jul 10, 2006 at 16:00 UTC
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Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 10, 2006 at 15:19 UTC
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Apache::Template looks great, but after looking into it, ive heard talk that it is unstable and that I'd be better off rolling my own. is this true? | [reply] |
Re: mod_perl and TT2...WITHOUT a calling script?
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 10, 2006 at 17:29 UTC
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looking into mod_perl, it should be quite easy to do what I need. i'm going to create a simple mod_perl handler associated with all html documents:
PerlModule My::PerlHandler
<Files *.html>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler My::PerlHandler
</Files>
I just need to figure out how to run the actual file requested through a TT2 object in the handler module...any pointers on that? i'm also skimming the mod_perl docs as I type this. | [reply]
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use Template;
use Apache::Constants qw( :common );
my $tt;
sub handler
{
my ( $request ) = @_;
my $file = $request->filename();
$tt ||= Template->new();
my $params = {};
my $out;
$tt->process($file, $params, \$out)
or do {
$request->log_reason( $tt->error );
return SERVER_ERROR;
};
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$request->content_type('text/html');
$request->send_http_header;
$request->print( $out );
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return OK;
}
But that isn't tested and you may need to flesh it out a bit more.
/J\ | [reply]
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thanks gellyfish! thats what i needed to know, the $request->filename() method!
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