Question

When the following code is executed, I get the error Could not find or load mod_perl at C:\Perl\site\lib\SOAP\Transport\HTTP.pm line 741, even though I successfully installed the module mod_perl2.

Code:

!#/usr/bin/perl 
use SOAP::Transport::HTTP; 
SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache -> dispatch_to('WorldFunctions') -> handle; 
package WorldFunctions; sub new { bless {}, shift; }

How can I fix this error?

Answer 1

I don’t understand this SOAP business that well, but it seems to me that you installed mod_perl2 but the code needs mod_perl. Of course, for that to work, you probably have to go back to using Apache 1.x and I am assuming that is not a desirable option.

It would seem to me that you need SOAP::Transport::HTTP2, but that modules seems to be in a little bit of a mess.

In any case, the README for Apache2::SOAP seems to hold the clue:

This is a replacement for Apache::SOAP (and SOAP::Transport::HTTP)
designed to work with the CPAN version of mod_perl 2. It is intended
as a temporary measure until the SOAP-Lite distribution
implements this functionality. Note that the provided modules
(Apache2::SOAP and SOAP::Transport::HTTP2) do not clash with
any modules of SOAP-Lite.

Given that the description above was written in 2008, are you sure SOAP::Lite has not implemented that functionality?