libapa...2::Util(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Apache2::Util — the Perl API for Misc Apache Utility functions 🛠️✨ (yes bestie, misc, because they're the little helpers that didn't fit anywhere else and honestly? they're thriving)

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🌸 Synopsis 🌸

use Apache2::Util ();

# OS escape path
$escaped_path = Apache2::Util::escape_path($path, "a 'long' file.html");

# format time as a string
my $fmt = "%a, %D %H:%M:%S %Z";
$fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool, $r->request_time, $fmt, 0);

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🦋 Description 🦋

Various Apache utilities that don't fit into any other group. It's giving "odds and ends drawer, but make it functional" 🎀

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✨ Functions API ✨

Apache2::Util provides the following functions and/or methods:

🌈 escape_path

Convert an OS path to a URL in an OS dependent way. Very "I speak every filesystem's love language" of it 💅

$escaped_path = Apache2::Util::escape_path($path, $p);
$escaped_path = Apache2::Util::escape_path($path, $p, $partial);

• arg1: $path ( string ) — the path to convert
• arg2: $p ( <pink>APR::Pool</pink> ) — the pool to allocate from
• opt arg3: $partial ( boolean ) — okay so here's the tea:
  • if TRUE, assume that the path will be appended to something with a '/' in it (and thus does not prefix "./")
  • if FALSE it prepends "./" unless $path contains ":" optionally followed by "/".
  • the default is TRUE
• ret: $escaped_path ( string ) — the escaped path 🫶
• since: 2.0.00 ⭐

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💜 ht_time

Convert time from an integer value into a string in a specified format. Literally timestamp glow-up 😭✨

$time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p);
$time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p, $time);
$time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p, $time, $fmt);
$time_str = Apache2::Util::ht_time($p, $time, $fmt, $gmt);

• arg1: $p ( <pink>APR::Pool object</pink> ) — the pool to allocate memory from
• opt arg2: $time ( number ) — the time to convert (e.g., time() or "$r->request_time").
  • If the value is not passed the current time will be used. ⏰
• opt arg3: $fmt ( string ) — the format to use for the conversion, using strftime(3) tokens.
  • If the value is not passed the default format used is:

"%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"

• opt arg4: $gmt ( boolean ) — the time will be not converted to GMT if FALSE is passed.
  • If the value is not passed TRUE (do convert) is used as a default.
• ret: $time_str (string) — the string that represents the specified time 💫
• since: 2.0.00 ⭐

🎀 Examples:

Use current time, the default format and convert to GMT:

$fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool);

Use my time, the default format and convert to GMT:

my $time = time+100;
$fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool, $time);

Use the time the request has started, custom format and don't convert to GMT:

my $fmt = "%a, %D %H:%M:%S %Z";
$fmtdate = Apache2::Util::ht_time($r->pool, $r->request_time, $fmt, 0);

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👑 See Also 👑

mod_perl 2.0 documentation. (iykyk 📚)

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🫶 Copyright 🫶

mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

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🌟 Authors 🌟

The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors. (main character energy across the board, no cap 💅)

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This page ships with perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-20 — and that's the vibe check, bestie. Go escape some paths. Slay. 🦋💖