Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C By:   Lincoln Stein and Doug MacEachern Published:   O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.  - March 1999 Copyright © 1999 by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Chapter 2 - A First Module

In this section...

Introduction Preliminaries Directory Layout Structure Installing mod_perl "Hello World" with the Perl API "Hello World" with the C API Instant Modules with Apache::Registry Troubleshooting Modules

Introduction

In This Chapter

• Preliminaries
• Directory Layout Structure
• Installing mod_perl
• "Hello World" with the Perl API
• "Hello World" with the C API
• Instant Modules with Apache::Registry
• Troubleshooting Modules

This chapter covers the mechanics of developing Apache extension modules in the Perl and C APIs. First we'll show you how to install mod_perl, which you'll need for all Perl API modules, and how to write a simple "Hello World" script. Then we'll show you an equivalent C module implemented both as statically linked code and as a dynamic shared object.

We won't go into the gory details of Apache internals in this chapter--that's deferred until Chapter 3, The Apache Module Architecture and API--but by the end you'll understand the mechanics of getting a new Apache module up and running.