Re: Inconsistency with dhandlers

On May 11, 2004, at 2:05 PM, David Wheeler wrote:

>> One thought, you might want to mention in the docs that this module
>> shouldn't be necessary in 2.0.  I bet there's a way to stack mod_dir 
>> with
>> a Perl handler in 2.0.  Maybe ask about it on the MP list, since I bet
>> Geoff Young would know how to do it.
>
> Good point. I'll email the mod_perl developers to ask about this.

Actually, it can be done with Apache 1 using ClearModules and 
AddModule, to give mod_dir higher priority than mod_perl. I'll write up 
a FAQ answer for this when I'm clear on how to get it all to work for 
mod_perl 2.

In the meantime, I've released Apache::Dir on CPAN. This is all that it 
is:

package Apache::Dir;

use Apache::Constants qw(DECLINED DIR_MAGIC_TYPE 
HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY);

$Apache::Dir::VERSION = '0.02';

sub handler {
     my $r = shift;
     return DECLINED unless $r->content_type eq DIR_MAGIC_TYPE
       && $r->uri !~ m{/$};
     my $args = $r->args;
     $r->header_out(Location => $r->uri . '/' . ($args ? "?$args" : ''));
     return HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY;
}

Note the use of the DIR_MAGIC_TYPE constant. That's the quickest way to 
tell if it's a directory. Cache that away in your thoughts for when you 
get Mason 1.3 to decline such requests.

Regards,

David



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