Apache2::Util(3) Perl API for Misc Apache Utility functions

Synopsis

  use Apache2::Util ();
  
  # OS escape path
  $escaped_path = Apache2::Util::escape_path($path, "a 'long' file.html");
  
  # format time as a string
  my $fmt = "%a, %D %H:%M:%S %Z";
  $fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool, $r->request_time, $fmt, 0);

Description

Various Apache utilities that don't fit into any other group.

Functions API

"Apache2::Util" provides the following functions and/or methods:

escape_path

convert an OS path to a URL in an OS dependent way. 

  $escaped_path = Apache2::Util::escape_path($path, $p);
  $escaped_path = Apache2::Util::escape_path($path, $p, $partial);
arg1: $path ( string )
The path to convert
arg2: $p ( "APR::Pool" )
The pool to allocate from
opt arg3: $partial ( boolean )
if TRUE, assume that the path will be appended to something with a '/' in it (and thus does not prefix ``./'')

if FALSE it prepends "./" unless $path contains ":" optionally followed by "/".

the default is TRUE

ret: $escaped_path ( string )
The escaped path
since: 2.0.00

ht_time

Convert time from an integer value into a string in a specified format 

  $time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p);
  $time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p, $time);
  $time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p, $time, $fmt);
  $time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p, $time, $fmt, $gmt);
arg1: $p ( "APR::Pool object" )
The pool to allocate memory from
opt arg2: $time ( number )
The time to convert (e.g., "time()" or "$r->request_time").

If the value is not passed the current time will be used.

opt arg3: $fmt ( string )
The format to use for the conversion, using strftime(3) tokens.

If the value is not passed the default format used is: 

  "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"
opt arg4: $gmt ( boolean )
The time will be not converted to GMT if FALSE is passed.

If the value is not passed TRUE (do convert) is used as a default.

ret: $time_str (string)
The string that represents the specified time
since: 2.0.00

Examples:

Use current time, the default format and convert to GMT: 

  $fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool);

Use my time, the default format and convert to GMT: 

  my $time = time+100;
  $fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool, $time);

Use the time the request has started, custom format and don't convert to GMT: 

  my $fmt = "%a, %D %H:%M:%S %Z";
  $fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool, $r->request_time, $fmt, 0);

See Also

mod_perl 2.0 documentation.

Copyright

mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

Authors

The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.

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