Mod_perl Handler

iavian has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a mod_perl apache handler that either returns OK or redirects to login page.

redirection works fine
but when it returns OK , it doesn't continue parsing the actual requested file

Request -> http://localhost/index.php
Handler checks for username cookie
redirect if no cookie is available
Continue serving index.php if cookie is already available - I'm unable to achieve this

Please let me know if I'm missing anything

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Re: Mod_perl Handler by clinton (Priest) on Jul 15, 2008 at 16:24 UTC
It depends how you've set up your handlers, but it sounds to me like your handler which checks the cookie should be returning `DECLINED`, not `OK`. `OK` means that the request is finished. `DECLINED` signals to apache that it should pass the request on to the next handler. See the mod_perl docs for more	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Mod_perl Handler by Anonymous Monk on Jul 17, 2008 at 16:20 UTC
Yes , but it doest pass to next handler I have python cgi scripts along with mod_perl handler after mod_perl handler the control is not passed to mod_cgi any help?	[reply]
Re^3: Mod_perl Handler by clinton (Priest) on Jul 17, 2008 at 16:26 UTC
You haven't provided any details about how you've configured Apache, but I'm guessing that you're trying to use both mod_cgi and mod_perl for the `PerlResponseHandler`, and I don't think that will work. If you're using the mod_perl handler to check the cookie, why not put it into a separate phase, such as `PerlAccessHandler`. See the HTTP Handler docs for details.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Mod_perl Handler by iavian (Initiate) on Jul 17, 2008 at 18:17 UTC
Re^5: Mod_perl Handler by clinton (Priest) on Jul 17, 2008 at 19:58 UTC
Re: Mod_perl Handler by olus (Curate) on Jul 15, 2008 at 17:54 UTC
And then there are others that rely on the termination of the names of the scripts called to gather statistics about language use :) Now to your topic. You'll need to show us your code so that we can see what the problem is. Maybe some conditionals misuse?	[reply]