Re: $r->dir_config->(un)set issue...

simran wrote:
> Hi All, 
>
> I have a situation where it is convinent for me to define a global
> "PerlSetVar" in my httpd.conf and then unset it for particular virtual
> hosts. 
>
> I used to use the following configuration successfully:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> httpd.conf
> ----------
>
> <Perl>
>   use Apache::Server;
>   Apache->server->dir_config->unset("MyVar");
> </Perl>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> That stopped working for me ever since we compiled 
> Apache/1.3.26 (Linix - Debian) with mod_perl/1.27
>
>
> Has anyone else had the same issue? 
>
> On a similar note: 
>
> The following pices of code do not work:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> code sample 1
> --------------
>
> 1.  sub handler {
> 2.    my $r = instance Apache::Request(shift);
> 3. 
> 4.    $r->dir_config(MyVar => undef);
> 5.   
> 6.    $r->dir_config->unset("MyVar");
> 7.
> 8.    $r->dir_config->set(MyVar => undef);
> 9.
> 10. }

s/$r->dir_config/$r->server->dir_config/?

What's really needed is probably PerlUnSetEnv.

> None of lines 4, 6 or 8 actually unset the variable. 
>
> A collegue tells me that if a "true" value (for the key MyVar) is not
> passed to set then it ends up returning the value of MyVar - but then
> how i want to set the value of MyVar to be false. I would have though
> that unset/set would have specifically done what i told them to
> unset/set rather than do fancy things with truth values... 
>
> Ideas anyone? 
>
> simran.



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