--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 September 1999 Jeffrey Baker --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION ----------- This is Apache::Session 1.03. These modules are used to keep persistent user data across http requests. Apache::Session was designed for use with Apache and mod_perl, but works just as well under CGI and any other web server. Apache::Session is Copyright(c) 1998, 1999 Jeffrey William Baker . Distribute under the same terms as Perl itself. PREREQUISITES ------------- Build and install Perl (pref. 5.005_03), Apache (pref. 1.3.9) and mod_perl (pref. 1.21). To use Apache::Session at all, you must have the MD5 and Storable modules available on CPAN (http://www.perl.com/CPAN). If you wish to use the DBIStore modules, you will need DBI (1.09+) and the DBD for your database. INSTALLATION ------------ tar -xvzf Apache-Session-1.03.tar.gz cd Apache-Session-1.03 perl Makefile.PL make make test make install Substitute "nmake" for "make" above if you are using Windows. EXAMPLE ------- Install eg/example.perl under your document root and run it. AUTHORS ------- Jeffrey Baker is the author of Apache::Session. Andreas J. Koenig contributed valuable CPAN advice and also Apache::Session::Tree and Apache::Session::Counted. Gerald Richter had the idea for a tied hash interface and provided the initial code for it. He also uses Apache::Session in his Embperl module and is the author of Apache::Session::Embperl. Jochen Wiedmann contributed patches for bugs and improved performance. Steve Shreeve squashed a bug in 0.99.0 whereby a cleared hash or deleted key failed to set the modified bit. Peter Kaas sent quite a bit of feedback with ideas for interface improvements. Randy Harmon contributed the original storage-independent object interface with input from: Bavo De Ridder Jules Bean Lincoln Stein FURTHER INFORMATION: -------------------- Apache by Apache Group comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix http://www.apache.org/ mod_perl by Doug MacEachern modperl@apache.org http://perl.apache.org/