Difference between revisions of "Server API"

Revision as of 12:56, 9 January 2009

Data members on the global server object:

env: array of environment variables, including standard request headers and server information

Functions on the global server object:

logNotice(string|array of strings): function to log a notice (or a list of notices) to the server error log
logError(string|array of strings): function to log an error (or a list of errors) to the server error log
runCmd(cmdstring): function execute a command on the server (with the httpd daemon's permissions!) execution of the script will wait until the cmd is finished, and will return the exit status of the command.
runCmd(cmd, array of args): same as above, but executes the given command with the arguments given in the array. arguments will be escaped or quoted as necessary

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 *logNotice(string|array of strings): function to log a notice (or a list of notices) to the server error log
 *logError(string|array of strings): function to log an error (or a list of errors) to the server error log
-*system(cmdstring): function execute a command on the server (with the httpd daemon's permissions!) execution of the script will wait until the cmd is finished, and will return the exit status of the command.
+*runCmd(cmdstring): function execute a command on the server (with the httpd daemon's permissions!) execution of the script will wait until the cmd is finished, and will return the exit status of the command.
-*system(cmd, array of args): same as above, but executes the given command with the arguments given in the array.  arguments will be escaped or quoted as necessary
+*runCmd(cmd, array of args): same as above, but executes the given command with the arguments given in the array.  arguments will be escaped or quoted as necessary