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The Perl API

The Apache API is a set of routines that C programmers can use to write Apache modules. One of the most powerful features of mod_perl is its Perl API, which gives Perl programmers access to the Apache API. For information on how to program Apache modules in Perl, see Writing Apache Modules in Perl and C by Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern (O’Reilly).

The following methods are defined for the Perl API to Apache.

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