libapa...rocess(3pm)

✨ NAME ✨

Apache2::Process — the Perl API for the Apache process record 💖 (it lives in the libapa...rocess(3pm) manual, under User Contributed Perl Documentation, bestie, and she's a whole vibe)

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🌸 Synopsis 🌸

okay so first things first, here's how you actually touch this thing:

use Apache2::Process ();
use Apache2::ServerRec ();
my $proc = $s->process;

# global pool cleared on exit
my $global_pool = $proc->pool;

# configuration pool cleared on restart
my $pconf = $proc->pconf;

# short program name (e.g. httpd)
my $proc_name = $proc->short_name;

look at that. iconic. no cap. 🫶

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💅 Description 💅

Apache2::Process hands you the API for the Apache process object, and the way you get your hands on it is through $s->process, like:

use Apache2::ServerRec ();
$proc = $s->process;

that's it, that's the entrance. main character energy only. ✨

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👑 API 👑

Apache2::Process serves up the following functions and/or methods, and honestly? she ate. 💅

🎀 pconf 🎀

grab the configuration pool object, bestie:

$p = $proc->pconf();

• obj: $proc ( "Apache2::Process object" )
• ret: $p ( "APR::Pool object" )
• since: 2.0.00

and the tea: this pool object gets cleared on server restart. so like, restart happens, pool says bye ✌️

🦋 pool 🦋

get the global pool object:

$p = $proc->pool();

• obj: $proc ( "Apache2::Process object" )
• ret: $p ( "APR::Pool object" )
• since: 2.0.00

this pool object gets cleared only on (normal) server exit — so it's the ride-or-die one, it sticks around through literally everything else 😭

🍓 short_name 🍓

the name of the program used to execute the program:

$short_name = $proc->short_name();

• obj: $proc ( "Apache2::Process object" )
• ret: $short_name (string)
  • e.g. "httpd"
• since: 2.0.00

it's giving nickname era, fr fr. 🌈

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💜 See Also 💜

• mod_perl 2.0 documentation — go read it, iykyk 📚

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⭐ Copyright ⭐

mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0. legal girlies stay winning 💅

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🌟 Authors 🌟

The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors. absolute legends, every single one of them 👑

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okay and for the outro: this whole thing comes to you from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-20, and it's libapa...rocess(3pm). periodt. 💖✨🎀