Topic: CGI Environment DOCUMENT_* variables - any advice?

[toddm]

Hello Everyone,

I am hoping to set Apache up so that it will include the DOCUMENT_* variables in the CGI environment, particularly DOCUMENT_URI and DOCUMENT_NAME. I understand that these variables are generally SSI, so I have attempted to enable Includes in the following ways:

- mod_include is uncommented in my httpd.conf file
- in <IfModule mime_module> I have the following:
AddType text/html .pl
AddOutputFilter
- <Directory /> contains Options Includes
- <Directory "x:/webroot"> contains Options Includes

I am new to Apache; I am in the midst of migrating from Sambar. Any advice, direction or recipes for quiche would be most appreciated.

Thanks for your time! I would be happy to provide more info as desired.

Todd

[James Blond]

Do you want what variables in your script? What are you using? perl? PHP? Other cgi?

[toddm]

Hey James,

Thanks for your reply. I guess in retrospect, my post did leave out some crucial details.

I am hoping to access environment variables from Perl, through the Environment hash (%ENV). Sambar automatically populated %ENV with DOCUMENT_NAME and DOCUMENT_URI; those are the primary variables I am hoping to capture in Apache.

I understand that Apache provides SCRIPT_NAME by default in %ENV which can be manipulated to return the same information that DOCUMENT_NAME and DOCUMENT_URI would essentially provide, however, I am in a situation where significant legacy code is being migrated that relies on the presence of the DOCUMENT_* variables.

In the interim, I've created a Perl library that will synthesize the DOCUMENT_* variables in the Apache environment; while this works, I'd prefer not to have to shoehorn a solution and instead, configure Apache as required.

Thanks again for your time and any advice you may be able to offer.

Todd

[glsmith]

They are there

$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'} = C:/Apache22/htdocs
$ENV{'REQUEST_URI'} = /env.pl

[toddm]

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I did see those particular keys in the environment hash, and they do work for my needs. However, I was in a situation in which there were several (possibly 100) scripts that relied on the presence of the DOCUMENT_NAME and DOCUMENT_URI variables.

All is well now; I've implemented a library that the older scripts refer to which populates the aforementioned DOCUMENT_* variables if they do not exist in the environment hash. I was just hoping there was a way to configure Apache to populate those variables automatically.

Thanks again for your help and have a great day!

Todd