Apache-SSI - Changes

Revision history for Perl extension Apache::SSI.

2.19 Wed Jan 26 21:57:36 CST 2005

We now use $r->print() instead of print() inside SSI.pm, because the latter seemed to have buffering problems.
Added a Build.PL for installation via Module::Build.
Modified ssi_include() to check for an HTTP_OK status from the subrequest in addition to an OK status from the handler. [Aaron Ross]
Fixed an undefined-value warning that occurred in the time-related components when the time zone wasn't set. [Aaron Ross]
Made some modernization updates to the Apache::test module we use during testing.
Use Test.pm for testing output rather than my custom stuff.

2.18 Tue Jan 22 12:22:16 CST 2002

Doing an include can mess up %ENV (and thus the query string, and the table of set variables), so we now make sure we restore it after executing a subrequest.

2.17 Mon Jan 14 13:58:21 CST 2002

Added the Apache::FakeSSI class, which implements server-side includes in pure-perl so that its output can be filtered via Apache::Filter. Note that its  isn't functional yet.

Fixed a problem with the MANIFEST - file t/docs.check/16 was missing.

2.16 Sun Dec 3 17:43:20 EST 2000

The 'Filter' directive is now properly recognized as case-insensitive.

We now use POSIX::strftime() instead of Date::Format::strftime() to format dates. [covertka@muohio.edu (Kent Covert)]

The 'echo' directives are now filled in using methods instead of subroutines, so derived classes can change the behavior of 'echo' directives and add new variables by creating new methods. See docs. [covertka@muohio.edu (Kent Covert)]

DATE_GMT and DATE_LOCAL variables are now properly formatted according to the 'timefmt'.

We behave properly under a HEAD request.

2.15 Sun Nov 5 00:24:52 EST 2000

Updated code to work with Apache::Filter 1.013 and greater. If you're using Apache::Filter 1.012 or lower, you must use 2.14 or lower of Apache::SSI. If you don't use Apache::Filter, you don't need to care.

2.14 Fri Nov 3 16:21:45 EST 2000

We now use Apache::test for the 'make test' part of installation. Made changes throughout the distribution for this.

Now correctly sets the DOCUMENT_URI environment variable. [jacqui.caren@ig.co.uk (Jacqui Caren)]

Nested if...endif sections now work correctly. Previously they were not allowed. [dburry@tagnet.org (David Burry)]

If the structure of if...endif XSSI sections is malformed, we now return an error instead of dying. This seems better. Note that mod_include will just continue on without any errors, giving really strange results that are hard to debug.

The error() method will not attempt to write to the error logs in standalone mode anymore. This was causing a fatal error in standalone mode.

Added a test to the test suite that makes sure simple subclassing of Apache::SSI works as expected.

Added a couple of tests (not exercised yet) for nested if...elsif XSSI structures. Corresponding code is mostly written, but needs some more scrutiny & testing.

2.13 Sun Jun 4 01:34:36 EDT 2000

Since HTML::SimpleParse now handles case-sensitivity correctly, we need to be a bit more careful in this module. If you're using HTML::SimpleParse version 0.09 or greater, you'll need this here version (1.13) of Apache::SSI or greater if you want SSI to work.

Improved the error message you get when there's no 'file' or 'virtual' attribute of an  tag.

2.12 Mon May 15 18:50:37 EDT 2000

Don't force content_type to be 'text/html'. Let the server admin decide that in the httpd.conf file. [danmcc@metro.net (Dan McCormick)]

Get the port, user, group, and path to httpd from the user at 'perl Makefile.PL' time. This stuff is used during the 'make test' step. This module should now behave like Apache::Filter and Apache::AuthCookie with respect to those 4 parameters at test time. [perrin@primenet.com (Perrin Harkins) and Pin-Chieh.Wang@compaq.com (Wang, Pin-Chieh)]

2.11 Sun Feb 20 12:03:38 EST 2000

Fixed a bug in which $/ was being set to undef in Perl code called by  directives (wald@library.ho.lucent.com (Robert Waldstein)).
To keep compatibility with mod_include, allow  as an abbreviation for  (wald@library.ho.lucent.com (Robert Waldstein)).
Made a note in the documentation that calling subroutines by name is usually quite a bit faster than using anonymous subrefs.

2.10 Sun Dec 12 14:32:02 EST 1999

The handler() routine will now respect HEAD requests and not send the entire document in such cases. Thanks to Kevin Murphy.

2.09 Nov 28 21:55

Added support for the 'timefmt' config directive for formatting time-related output (thanks to Vassilii Khachaturov for the idea & implementation).

2.08 Aug 28 01:29

Forgot to include a couple of files in the distribution - they were files used during the 'make test' phase of installation. No effect on functionality here. (Thanks to Tony Cox for the spot)

2.07 Aug 10 17:39

Now requires HTML::SimpleParse 0.06, which fixes a bug in backslash-escaping of HTML key-value pairs.
Markus Schuh showed me how to fix the warning (line "85") that I introduced in 2.06. Thanks!
For  stuff, we now check OPT_INCNOEXEC instead of OPT_EXECCGI.

2.06_1 Wed Feb 3 11:31:52 EST 1999

Forgot to include some 'make test' files in the MANIFEST, so they didn't get distributed. No changes to the code here.

2.06 Wed Feb 3 00:16:12 EST 1999

The boolean expressions of the  and  directives are now handled with a Perl eval(). This allows proper parsing of expressions like "!($var)", and even lets you use pre-loaded Perl subroutines in those expressions. The specific mechanism I'm using to fill in the variables is quite voodooey, I'd appreciate some feedback on how it's working.
Sometime in the last few versions I introduced a new "Use of uninitialized value at blib/lib/Apache/SSI.pm line 85" warning, but I can't for the life of me figure out what's uninitialized. Anyone? That line is:
if ($ssi =~ m/^$/s) { Through my testing, I know $ssi is defined, and that's definitely the line it's complaining about.
The arg, args, & pass_request parameters to  are now processed case-insensitively.
had been broken, probably from day one. Now it's fixed.

2.05 Mon Feb 1 12:12:25 EST 1999

Fixed a bug that was preventing directives from spanning multiple lines [ Thanks, Yury Kuznesov ]

2.04 Sat Jan 30 00:27:54 EST 1999

Removed the %ENV = $r->cgi_env line, since it's not necessary. See http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/jangblorkand .
Added "local $/ = undef;" line to reading input filehandle, which should speed up running under Apache::Filter. [Thanks, Joshua Chamos]
Added support for . Please let me know if there are any problems, there are a lot of things to get right (or go wrong). Thanks to Yury Kuznesov for the urging.
Added support for , except the 'timefmt' directive.
With the small exception in 'config' above, I think that now all the functionality of mod_include is present in Apache::SSI. Once people have used it for a while and we've ironed out bugs, I'll declare some version "officially stable and complete" or something.

2.03 Mon Jan 4 04:43:01 EST 1999

Added support for the #if, #elif, #else, and #endif directives
Failed includes now report in the error log the name of the file they were trying to include.

2.02 Fri Nov 27 04:25:00 EST 1998

Added minimal and probably buggy support for variable interpolation in SSI directives.
should work now.

2.01 Wed Nov 11 18:31:12 EST 1998

Backed out the $r->finfo change from 1.99 because of some reported problems with it.

2.00 (not formally released, because I forgot to add to the Changes file)

1.99 Mon, 09 Nov 1998 07:45:47 GMT

Uses $r->finfo for doing file-test operations, instead of using $r->filename. Supposedly this speeds things up by avoiding an expensive system call (I haven't benchmarked it). See http://www.modperl.com/chapters/ch8.html#Client_Request_Methods
Checks the return status of the call to $r->filter_input. If you're using Apache::SSI with Apache::Filter, you'll need to upgrade Apache::Filter to version 0.02 to use this version of Apache::SSI.

1.98 Sat Nov 7 02:19:05 EST 1998

Will now cooperate with Apache::Filter if you've got it.
Strips backslashes used in perl subs like these:  [thanks, Stephane Bortzmeyer]
More verbose error logging when you turn on the debug flags [ibid]
When reading the input file (and not using Apache::Filter), we use a lexical variable for the filehandle, instead of the local(*IN) we were using before.
Compensates for changes in the rotation of the Earth after Jesse Ventura is elected governor of my state.

1.97 Thu Oct 22 02:43:34 EDT 1998

Fixed DOCUMENT_NAME, DOCUMENT_URI, and LAST_MODIFIED so they return information about the document the user requested, not the document we're currently processing (which might be an 'd file). Test 7 in real.t witnesses the change. This behavior is consistent with mod_include, and I think it's also desirable: the browser shouldn't see the names of documents we're including. [thanks, Bruce Hoylman]
Now the three above ENV variables cache their results in the subprocess_env table, which will speed things up if you call them repeatedly. This is similar to mod_include, but mod_include puts them there at the beginning of the request, whereas I wait until they're asked for.

1.96 Fri Oct 16 20:10:54 EDT 1998

Added a text() method for getting/setting the contents of the HTML. This fixes a bug when used with Apache::SSIChain. [thanks, John Armstrong]

1.95 Sun Oct 11 16:04:19 EDT 1998

Doesn't rely on HTML::SimpleParse anymore to parse the HTML, but instead just looks for . This allows nesting: <img src="">, and it should be much faster. HTML::SimpleParse is still used to parse the key-value pairs of attributes for SSI directives. [Randal Schwartz, Rob Hartill]
now works. [Rob Hartill]
sections now pass $r as the first argument, and there are two ways to turn off this behavior (PerlSetVar and named parameter). [Ibid]
You can mix & match the "arg" and "args" parameters to  sections, like so:  &main::something($r, "Hi, Ken", "5", "12", "13", "Bye, Ken");
Added prototypes to several methods, which might conceivably speed them up if the compiler can optimize around it.
In ssi_set, removed workaround for mod_perl 1.12 bug.

1.94 Wed Oct 7 19:57:03 EDT 1998

Apache::SSI can now be subclassed much more easily under mod_perl, because it knows how to deal with PERL_METHOD_HANDLERS=1 scenarios. See the docs' SUMMARY for more info.
The tests have been moved into the t/ directory, and there's a new real.t test that will start an apache server and fetch a few pages.

1.93 Wed Sep 23 15:53:21 EDT 1998

You can now pass multiple arguments to a  routine.

1.92 Sat Sep 19 01:55:50 EDT 1998

Added a "return;" statement to the ssi_include routine. Avoids printing an extraneous "1" in the served page. Don't know how I missed this before. Thanks to Gil Vidals.

1.91 Sun Jun 28 17:49:29 EDT 1998

In README and Makefile.PL, I've noted that mod_perl must be installed before this module will work.
I've updated everything so that it can use HTML::SimpleParse version 0.03, which requires that each output_* function return its output rather than print it.

1.90 Fri Jun 26 18:07:57 1998

original version; created by h2xs 1.18. Actually a re-write of Doug MacEachern's original version.

mod_include has this:

     if (!(allow_options(r) & OPT_INCLUDES)) {
        return DECLINED;

}