[Pagekit-users] Two bugs? Form POST method and Pagekit in virtual hosts

[Collin S. <col...@co...>]

There are two issues that I am dealing with.  I am not sure whether they are
bugs.  I am running Apache2 2.0.58 and Apache::PageKit 2.14_14 on Gentoo.

Issue 1
=======

When I use the $model->input('foo') method to get parameter values for a form
using the POST method, I get nothing.  When I switch the form to METHOD="GET",
the parameter values come through just fine.  Is this a bug or something I am
doing wrong?

A workaround is to simply use the trusty old CGI object, which has no issues
with POSTed parameters:

	my $cgi = new CGI;
	my $foo = $cgi->param('foo');
	my $bar = $cgi->param('bar');

Issue 2
=======

I am also trying to set PageKit up on two virtual hosts.  While the FAQ indicate
that this should be no problem

http://www.pagekit.org/PageKit-FAQ.html#4_2_can_i_use_apache__pagekit_inside_apache__virtualhost__configuration_directives

when I put PKIT_ROOT inside the virtual host directive, PageKit bombs.

This works:
- The last 3 lines of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf are
  --
  PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /home/myuser/site/www.mysite.com/pagekit
  PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
  Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf
  --
- Note the Include, which includes all of the virtual host configs
  in /etc/apache2/vhosts.d

This does not work:
- Comment out PKIT_ROOT and PKIT_SERVER in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
  --
  # PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /home/myuser/site/www.mysite.com/pagekit
  # PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
  Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf
  --
- And put PKIT_ROOT and PKIT_SERVER in /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/01_mysite.conf:
  --
  <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin my...@my...
    DocumentRoot /home/myuser/site/www.mysite.com/pagekit/View/Default
    PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT /home/myuser/site/www.mysite.com/pagekit
    PerlSetVar PKIT_SERVER staging
    ... blah blah blah ...
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler +Apache2::PageKit
    <Perl>
      use Apache2::PageKit;
      Apache2::PageKit->startup;
    </Perl>
    PerlRequire /home/myuser/site/www.mysite.com/scripts/startup.pl
    PerlModule Apache2::ErrorReport
    PerlSetVar ErrorReportHandler display
  </VirtualHost>
  --
- I get the following error message when I try to start Apache2
  with this configuration:
  --
  www ~ # /etc/init.d/apache2 configtest
   * Checking Apache Configuration ...
   * Apache2 has detected a syntax error in your configuration files:
  Syntax error on line 45 of /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/01_mysite_com.conf:
  \t(in cleanup) PKIT_ROOT is not defined! Put PerlSetVar PKIT_ROOT \
  /your/root/path in your httpd.conf at \
  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Apache2/PageKit.pm line 1  [ !! ]
  www ~ #
  --
- Line 45 is "use Apache2::PageKit;"

I suppose I could put PKIT_ROOT in *both* httpd.conf and the vhosts.d file, but
I am not sure what the consequences would be; i.e., whether the PKIT_ROOTs
defined in the VirtualHost directives would actually override those defined in
httpd.conf.  Any insights would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-Collin

--
Collin Starkweather, Ph.D.
http://www.collinstarkweather.com


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