NAME Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Session::MySQL - Plugin providing session storage SYNOPSIS my $obj = $c->plugin('Session')->method( ... ); # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Session->method() or $c->plugin('Session')->method( ... ); DESCRIPTION Store persistent data in a MySQL database while maintaining a stateful session using web browser cookies. PREREQUISITES This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed: Apache2::WebApp Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Cookie Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Session Params::Validate INSTALLATION From source: $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-Session-MySQL-0.X.X.tar.gz $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib $ make $ make test $ make install Perl one liner using CPAN.pm: $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Session::MySQL' Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode: $> perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Session::MySQL cpan> quit Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory. REQUIREMENTS The database table to store session information is auto-generated. Since this is the case, the MySQL users must have CREATE privileges. In case you want to manually create this table, you can run the following SQL statement on the MySQL command-line: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions ( id char(32) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, a_session text; CONFIGURATION Unless it already exists, add the following to your projects *webapp.conf* [session] storage_type = mysql expires = 1h OBJECT METHODS Please refer to Apache2::WebApp::Session for method info. SEE ALSO Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Cookie, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::DBI, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Session, Apache::Session, Apache::Session::MySQL, Apache::Session::Lock::MySQL AUTHOR Marc S. Brooks, - COPYRIGHT This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See