Mod perl

mod_perl is an optional module for the Apache web server. It embeds a Perl Interpreter (computing) into the Apache server, so that dynamic content produced by Perl Scripting language can be served in response to incoming requests, without the significant overhead of re-launching the Perl interpreter for each request.

mod_perl can emulate a Common Gateway Interface environment, so that existing Perl CGI scripts can benefit from the performance boost without having to be re-written.

Unlike CGI (and most other web application environments), mod_perl provides complete access to the Apache Application programming interface, allowing programmers to easily write handlers for any phase in the Apache request cycle, manipulate Apache s internal tables and state mechanisms, share data between Apache Process#Computing or Thread (computer science)s, alter or extend the Apache configuration file Parsing, and add Perl code to the configuration file itself, among other things.

=See also=

*Apache HTTP Server *mod_parrot *mod_python *mod_php *mod_jk

=External links=

*[http://perl.apache.org/ Main website] *Install docs **http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/install/install.html **http://www.ibiblio.org/zutshi/inls283/assign3.html **http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/38/index2a.htmltw=programming