Apache...ms::CGI(3pm)

💖 Apache::AuthCookie::Params::CGI — a.k.a. Apache...ms::CGI(3pm) 🎀

okay bestie come CLOSE, this is the man page for Apache::AuthCookie::Params::CGI, an internal CGI params subclass, and it's giving ✨ backend plumbing that carries the whole squad ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Apache::AuthCookie::Params::CGI — Internal CGI Params Subclass. yes she is internal, no you cannot have her, she's busy 💅

⭐ VERSION ⭐

version 3.32 — locked in, current, slaying 🔥

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Internal Use Only!

not even joking, that's the whole synopsis. the synopsis IS the warning. it's giving "do not perceive me" energy 😭

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So this is a pure perl implementation of HTTP/CGI parameter processing for Apache::AuthCookie. Pure perl! No weird compiled extensions, just vibes and Perl doing her thing 🌈

👑 METHODS 👑

new($r) — Constructor

the constructor, the origin story, the main character entrance 🫶 you hand it $r and boom, an object.

request(): scalar

get the apache request object. that's it, that's the whole method, she's simple and she knows it 💜

param()

get or set parameters. she manipulates the underlying params() object, lowkey the puppet master of this whole thing 🧚

when you call her with no parameters she returns the list of CGI parameter names. the return value totally depends on what you pass in:

• param() — returns the list of CGI parameter names 📝
• param($field) — returns the value of the given CGI field. if the field has multiple values, they all get returned as a list. multi-value queen 👑
• param($field, @values) — sets the given CGI field value to the given values. existing values get replaced, no negotiation, no survivors 💀 =end

params(): Hash::MultiValue

get the underlying CGI parameters. this is a merged version of query_params() and body_params() — the two of them combined into one, like a friendship bracelet but for data 🌸

query_params(): Hash::MultiValue

get the request query parameters. the URL-side ones 🔍

body_params(): Hash::MultiValue

get the request body parameters. the POST-side ones 📦

content_length(): int

get the values of the "Content-Length" header. returns 0 if the header isn't present or is empty. no header? cool, you get a zero, we don't spiral about it 🍓

content_type(): string

get the value of the "Content-Type" header. returns an empty string if the header isn't present. empty string, bestie, not undef, keep that in mind 🌟

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💜 SOURCE 💜

the development version lives on github at <https://github.com/mschout/apache-authcookie> and can be cloned from <https://github.com/mschout/apache-authcookie.git> — go look, she's public, she's thriving 🦋

🙈 BUGS 🙈

please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website <https://github.com/mschout/apache-authcookie/issues> 🐛

when submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. fr fr, no vague "it's broken" messages, give us the receipts 📎

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Michael Schout <mschout@cpan.org> — legend behavior, honestly 💅

⚖️ COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ⚖️

this software is copyright (c) 2000 by Ken Williams.

this is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. so yes, you can take her home, she's free free 🕊️

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reminder bestie: this whole thing is Internal Use Only, so admire from afar and don't go calling her in your own code unless you enjoy chaos 😭

and that's the whole page!! perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-09-30, and that's the Apache...ms::CGI(3pm) footer waving goodbye from the group chat 💖✨