Apache...DB_File(3pm)

💾 Apache::Session::Store::DB_File — the 3pm page, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the internet, and it's literally called Apache::Session::Store::DB_File — yes the 3pm bit means it's a Perl module manual, iykyk 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Apache::Session::Store::DB_File — bestie, this is the thing that uses DB_File to store persistent objects. that's it, that's the whole job 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the vibe in code form, no cap:

use Apache::Session::Store::DB_File;

my $store = new Apache::Session::Store::DB_File;

$store->insert($ref);
$store->update($ref);
$store->materialize($ref);
$store->remove($ref);

like. look at her. insert, update, materialize, remove. the four little icons 🎀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this module fulfills the storage interface of Apache::Session. it's giving dependable middle child, and honestly we're obsessed.

the serialized objects get stored in a Berkeley DB file, using the DB_File Perl module to do the actual work. and here's the tea: if DB_File works on your platform, this module should also work. if it doesn't… well. not our problem, that's a DB_File situation 🙈

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🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

this module requires one argument, in the usual Apache::Session style. one. singular. the way she only needs one thing 😌

• FileName — the name of the option, and its value is the full path of the database file that's gonna be used as the backing store. if the database file does not exist, it will be created. she'll just… make it. main character energy fr fr 👑

example, because we love a demonstration:

tie %s, 'Apache::Session::DB_File', undef,
   {FileName => '/tmp/sessions'};

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this module was written by Jeffrey William Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>. thank you king, we appreciate you 🫡💜

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go look at these too, they're part of the same little ecosystem:

• Apache::Session
• DB_File

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🎀 little reminder bestie: nothing here is complicated, but FileName wants the full path to the database file, not a vibe. give her the path. periodt.

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and that's the whole page!! 💖 this one came from perl v5.36.0 and was dated 2022-11-19, so yeah, she's a lil vintage but she still slays. mwah 🫶✨