Question

What I want to do is pass some settings to my module from httpd.conf, something like:

<Location /path>
  SetHandler mymodule-handler # based on this, the module will kick in and "try" to read settings
  MyCustomStringSetting "AStringValue"
  MyCustomIntegerSetting 2012
  # more
</Location>

How can I get “AStringValue” and “2012” from within the module?

Answer 1

Here is a complete example (with source) from “Apache: The Definitive Guide”:

http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/linux/apache/ch15_04.htm

The example module mod_reveal implements two commands, RevealServerTag and RevealTag.

In the server configuration, these two new commands can be used:

<VirtualHost :9000>
DocumentRoot /home/camilla/WWW/docs
RevealTag H2Main
RevealServerTag H2
</VirtualHost>

And then processed by the module.