DESCRIPTION
The Apache::Sandwich module allows you to add a per-directory custom
"header" and/or "footer" content to a given uri. Only works with "GET"
requests for static content HTML or text files. Output of combined parts
is forced to *text/html*.
Here's a configuration example:
#in httpd.conf or .htaccess
<Location /foo>
#any request for /foo and it's document tree
#are run through our Apache::Sandwich::handler
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Sandwich
#we send this file first
PerlSetVar HEADER /my_header.html
#requested uri (e.g. /foo/index.html) is sent in the middle
#we send output of this mod_perl script last
PerlSetVar FOOTER /perl/footer.pl
</Location>
With the above example, one must be careful not to put graphics within
the same directory, otherwise they will be Sandwiched also.
Here's another example which only Sandwiches the files we want (using
Apache 1.3 syntax):
# filter *.brc files through Sandwich maker, but define
# HEADER/FOOTER per section below
# now specify the header and footer for each major section
#
<Location /misc>
PerlSetVar HEADER /misc/HEADER.shtml ADS.shtml
PerlSetVar FOOTER /misc/FOOTER.html
</Location>
Note that in this example, the file ADS.shtml is included from the same
directory as the requested file.
The files referenced in the HEADER and FOOTER variables are fetched
using the "GET" method and may produce dynamically generated text.
KNOWN BUGS
Headers printed by mod_perl scripts used as a HEADER, FOOTER or in-the-
middle uri need to use CGI.pm version 2.37 or higher or headers will
show up in the final document (browser window). Suggested work-around
(if you don't want to upgrade CGI.pm):
if($ENV{MOD_PERL} and Apache->request->is_main) {
#send script headers
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
} else {
#we're part of a sub-request, don't send headers
}
Setting $Apache::Sandwich::Debug to 1 will log debugging information
into the Apache ErrorLog.
The sandwiched file must be a plain static HTML or text file. If someone
knows how to call an alternate handler for the file, please contribute
the patches!
AUTHOR
Doug MacEachern. Modifications and cleanup by Vivek Khera.
