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by **Joshua Sliv** » Sun, 14 Feb 1999 04:00:00

> Basically, it comes down to five questions.
> 1) Can I compile apache with mod_perl and php?
Yes.
> 2) How exactly do apache modules communicate (named pipes, IPC, etc.)?

I'm not sure what you mean. They communicate with the client through
the apache API.

Quote:> 3) Can one modules use another modules (e.g. php calling an apache::*
> module of some sort)? If not, can both modules co-exist harmoniously by
> ignoring each other?

No, you can't chain content filters if that is what you mean. Yes they
can simply ignore each other.

Quote:> 4) Has anyone done this before?
Yes.
> 5) Is there any reason why I wouldn't want to use the two together?

It will make for a very big binary.

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Joshua Slive

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by **Rasmus Lerdo** » Sun, 14 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Quote:> Basically, it comes down to five questions.
> 1) Can I compile apache with mod_perl and php?

Yup, no problem. They are completely independent of each other.

Quote:> 2) How exactly do apache modules communicate (named pipes, IPC, etc.)?

Communicate with what? The server? Each other? There are no named
pipes or IPC or anything else. mod_perl and PHP are both compiled
directly into the web server (although both will obviously run as CGI's
as well) and since they are in the same process space they can call
Apache API functions directly.

Quote:> 3) Can one modules use another modules (e.g. php calling an apache::*
> module of some sort)? If not, can both modules co-exist harmoniously by
> ignoring each other?

No, there are no provisions for sharing functionality like this.
Theoretically speaking, one could write a Perl module that lets you call
PHP functions from mod_perl and vice versa. Nobody has done it and there
hasn't really been any demand for this. mod_perl and PHP appeal to
different types of people.

Quote:> 4) Has anyone done this before?

Sure.

Quote:> 5) Is there any reason why I wouldn't want to use the two together?

Not really. Your server binary might end up being rather large, but that
is also rather irrelevant assuming you aren't already borderline in terms
of memory usage.

-Rasmus

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getting php and mod_perl to work together.

getting php and mod_perl to work together.

getting php and mod_perl to work together.