<Perl> Sections
With mod_perl, you can use Perl in Apache configuration files. This means you can make your Apache configuration much more flexible by using conditionals.
Any Perl code in Apache configuration files should be placed between
<Perl>
and </Perl>
directives. This code can define variables and lists used by mod_perl
to assign the associated Apache configuration directives; for
example, assigning the $ServerAdmin
variable
redefines the ServerAdmin
Apache configuration
directive.
Suppose you share the same Apache configuration files across multiple servers, and you only want to allow personal directories on one of them. You can use Perl directives like this:
<Perl> if (`hostname` =~ /public/) { $UserDir = "public.html"; } else { $UserDir = "DISABLED"; } 1; </Perl>
Directive blocks (such as
<Location>...</Location>
) can be
represented as a hash:
<Perl> $Location{"/design_dept/"} = { DefaultType => 'image/gif', FancyIndexing => 'On' } </Perl>
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