use Catalyst::Controller;
use Data::OptList;
use Devel::InnerPackage ();
-use File::stat;
use Module::Pluggable::Object ();
use Text::SimpleTable ();
use Path::Class::Dir ();
use Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT;
use List::MoreUtils qw/uniq/;
use attributes;
+use String::RewritePrefix;
+use Catalyst::EngineLoader;
use utf8;
use Carp qw/croak carp shortmess/;
+use Try::Tiny;
+use Plack::Middleware::Conditional;
+use Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy;
+use Plack::Middleware::IIS6ScriptNameFix;
+use Plack::Middleware::LighttpdScriptNameFix;
BEGIN { require 5.008004; }
#maybe we should just make them attributes with a default?
__PACKAGE__->mk_classdata($_)
for qw/components arguments dispatcher engine log dispatcher_class
- engine_class context_class request_class response_class stats_class
- setup_finished/;
+ engine_loader context_class request_class response_class stats_class
+ setup_finished _psgi_app loading_psgi_file/;
__PACKAGE__->dispatcher_class('Catalyst::Dispatcher');
-__PACKAGE__->engine_class('Catalyst::Engine::CGI');
__PACKAGE__->request_class('Catalyst::Request');
__PACKAGE__->response_class('Catalyst::Response');
__PACKAGE__->stats_class('Catalyst::Stats');
# Remember to update this in Catalyst::Runtime as well!
-our $VERSION = '5.80029';
+our $VERSION = '5.90005';
sub import {
my ( $class, @arguments ) = @_;
use Catalyst qw/-Debug/; # include plugins here as well
### In lib/MyApp/Controller/Root.pm (autocreated)
- sub foo : Global { # called for /foo, /foo/1, /foo/1/2, etc.
+ sub foo : Chained('/') Args() { # called for /foo, /foo/1, /foo/1/2, etc.
my ( $self, $c, @args ) = @_; # args are qw/1 2/ for /foo/1/2
$c->stash->{template} = 'foo.tt'; # set the template
# lookup something from db -- stash vars are passed to TT
[% END %]
# called for /bar/of/soap, /bar/of/soap/10, etc.
- sub bar : Path('/bar/of/soap') { ... }
-
- # called for all actions, from the top-most controller downwards
- sub auto : Private {
- my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
- if ( !$c->user_exists ) { # Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication
- $c->res->redirect( '/login' ); # require login
- return 0; # abort request and go immediately to end()
- }
- return 1; # success; carry on to next action
- }
+ sub bar : Chained('/') PathPart('/bar/of/soap') Args() { ... }
# called after all actions are finished
- sub end : Private {
+ sub end : Action {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
if ( scalar @{ $c->error } ) { ... } # handle errors
return if $c->res->body; # already have a response
$c->forward( 'MyApp::View::TT' ); # render template
}
- ### in MyApp/Controller/Foo.pm
- # called for /foo/bar
- sub bar : Local { ... }
-
- # called for /blargle
- sub blargle : Global { ... }
-
- # an index action matches /foo, but not /foo/1, etc.
- sub index : Private { ... }
-
- ### in MyApp/Controller/Foo/Bar.pm
- # called for /foo/bar/baz
- sub baz : Local { ... }
-
- # first Root auto is called, then Foo auto, then this
- sub auto : Private { ... }
-
- # powerful regular expression paths are also possible
- sub details : Regex('^product/(\w+)/details$') {
- my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
- # extract the (\w+) from the URI
- my $product = $c->req->captures->[0];
- }
-
See L<Catalyst::Manual::Intro> for additional information.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
+Fully::Qualified::Plugin::Name
/;
-Special flags like C<-Debug> and C<-Engine> can also be specified as
+Special flags like C<-Debug> can also be specified as
arguments when Catalyst is loaded:
use Catalyst qw/-Debug My::Module/;
This sets the log level to 'debug' and enables full debug output on the
error screen. If you only want the latter, see L<< $c->debug >>.
-=head2 -Engine
-
-Forces Catalyst to use a specific engine. Omit the
-C<Catalyst::Engine::> prefix of the engine name, i.e.:
-
- use Catalyst qw/-Engine=CGI/;
-
=head2 -Home
Forces Catalyst to use a specific home directory, e.g.:
MYAPP_WEB_HOME. If both variables are set, the MYAPP_HOME one will be used.
If none of these are set, Catalyst will attempt to automatically detect the
-home directory. If you are working in a development envirnoment, Catalyst
+home directory. If you are working in a development environment, Catalyst
will try and find the directory containing either Makefile.PL, Build.PL or
dist.ini. If the application has been installed into the system (i.e.
you have done C<make install>), then Catalyst will use the path to your
-application module, without the .pm extension (ie, /foo/MyApp if your
+application module, without the .pm extension (e.g., /foo/MyApp if your
application was installed at /foo/MyApp.pm)
=head2 -Log
Note that L<< forward|/"$c->forward( $action [, \@arguments ] )" >> implies
an C<< eval { } >> around the call (actually
-L<< execute|/"$c->execute( $class, $coderef )" >> does), thus de-fatalizing
-all 'dies' within the called action. If you want C<die> to propagate you
-need to do something like:
+L<< execute|/"$c->execute( $class, $coderef )" >> does), thus rendering all
+exceptions thrown by the called action non-fatal and pushing them onto
+$c->error instead. If you want C<die> to propagate you need to do something
+like:
$c->forward('foo');
die join "\n", @{ $c->error } if @{ $c->error };
when they are invoked within the visited action. This is different from the
behavior of L<< forward|/"$c->forward( $action [, \@arguments ] )" >>, which
continues to use the $c->action object from the caller action even when
-invoked from the callee.
+invoked from the called action.
C<< $c->stash >> is kept unchanged.
return $c->_filter_component( $comp, @args ) if $comp;
}
+ return
+ if $c->config->{disable_component_resolution_regex_fallback};
+
# This is here so $c->comp( '::M::' ) works
my $query = ref $name ? $name : qr{$name}i;
else { return Path::Class::File->new( $c->config->{home}, @path ) }
}
-=head2 $c->plugin( $name, $class, @args )
-
-Helper method for plugins. It creates a class data accessor/mutator and
-loads and instantiates the given class.
-
- MyApp->plugin( 'prototype', 'HTML::Prototype' );
-
- $c->prototype->define_javascript_functions;
-
-B<Note:> This method of adding plugins is deprecated. The ability
-to add plugins like this B<will be removed> in a Catalyst 5.81.
-Please do not use this functionality in new code.
-
-=cut
-
sub plugin {
my ( $class, $name, $plugin, @args ) = @_;
# See block comment in t/unit_core_plugin.t
- $class->log->warn(qq/Adding plugin using the ->plugin method is deprecated, and will be removed in Catalyst 5.81/);
+ $class->log->warn(qq/Adding plugin using the ->plugin method is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release/);
$class->_register_plugin( $plugin, 1 );
MyApp->setup;
MyApp->setup( qw/-Debug/ );
+B<Note:> You B<should not> wrap this method with method modifiers
+or bad things will happen - wrap the C<setup_finalize> method instead.
+
=cut
sub setup {
$class->setup_log( delete $flags->{log} );
$class->setup_plugins( delete $flags->{plugins} );
$class->setup_dispatcher( delete $flags->{dispatcher} );
- $class->setup_engine( delete $flags->{engine} );
+ if (my $engine = delete $flags->{engine}) {
+ $class->log->warn("Specifying the engine in ->setup is no longer supported, see Catalyst::Upgrading");
+ }
+ $class->setup_engine();
$class->setup_stats( delete $flags->{stats} );
for my $flag ( sort keys %{$flags} ) {
A hook to attach modifiers to. This method does not do anything except set the
C<setup_finished> accessor.
-Applying method modifiers to the C<setup> method doesn't work, because of quirky thingsdone for plugin setup.
+Applying method modifiers to the C<setup> method doesn't work, because of quirky things done for plugin setup.
Example:
}
my $action = $path;
- $path = $c->dispatcher->uri_for_action($action, $captures);
+ # ->uri_for( $action, \@captures_and_args, \%query_values? )
+ if( !@args && $action->number_of_args ) {
+ my $expanded_action = $c->dispatcher->expand_action( $action );
+
+ my $num_captures = $expanded_action->number_of_captures;
+ unshift @args, splice @$captures, $num_captures;
+ }
+
+ $path = $c->dispatcher->uri_for_action($action, $captures);
if (not defined $path) {
$c->log->debug(qq/Can't find uri_for action '$action' @$captures/)
if $c->debug;
$res;
}
-=head2 $c->uri_for_action( $path, \@captures?, @args?, \%query_values? )
+=head2 $c->uri_for_action( $path, \@captures_and_args?, @args?, \%query_values? )
-=head2 $c->uri_for_action( $action, \@captures?, @args?, \%query_values? )
+=head2 $c->uri_for_action( $action, \@captures_and_args?, @args?, \%query_values? )
=over
and it will create the URI /users/the-list.
+=item \@captures_and_args?
+
+Optional array reference of Captures (i.e. C<<CaptureArgs or $c->req->captures>)
+and arguments to the request. Usually used with L<Catalyst::DispatchType::Chained>
+to interpolate all the parameters in the URI.
+
+=item @args?
+
+Optional list of extra arguments - can be supplied in the
+C<< \@captures_and_args? >> array ref, or here - whichever is easier for your
+code.
+
+Your action can have zero, a fixed or a variable number of args (e.g.
+C<< Args(1) >> for a fixed number or C<< Args() >> for a variable number)..
+
+=item \%query_values?
+
+Optional array reference of query parameters to append. E.g.
+
+ { foo => 'bar' }
+
+will generate
+
+ /rest/of/your/uri?foo=bar
+
=back
=cut
push( @{ $c->stack }, $code );
no warnings 'recursion';
- eval { $c->state( $code->execute( $class, $c, @{ $c->req->args } ) || 0 ) };
+ # N.B. This used to be combined, but I have seen $c get clobbered if so, and
+ # I have no idea how, ergo $ret (which appears to fix the issue)
+ eval { my $ret = $code->execute( $class, $c, @{ $c->req->args } ) || 0; $c->state( $ret ) };
$c->_stats_finish_execute( $stats_info ) if $c->use_stats and $stats_info;
$error = qq/Caught exception in $class->$name "$error"/;
}
$c->error($error);
- $c->state(0);
}
+ $c->state(0);
}
return $c->state;
}
if ( !$response->has_body ) {
# Add a default body if none is already present
- $response->body(
- qq{<html><body><p>This item has moved <a href="$location">here</a>.</p></body></html>}
- );
+ $response->body(<<"EOF");
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+ <head>
+ <title>Moved</title>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <p>This item has moved <a href="$location">here</a>.</p>
+ </body>
+</html>
+EOF
+ $response->content_type('text/html; charset=utf-8');
}
}
# Content-Length
- if ( defined $response->body && !$response->content_length ) {
+ if ( defined $response->body && length $response->body && !$response->content_length ) {
# get the length from a filehandle
if ( blessed( $response->body ) && $response->body->can('read') || ref( $response->body ) eq 'GLOB' )
{
- my $stat = stat $response->body;
- if ( $stat && $stat->size > 0 ) {
- $response->content_length( $stat->size );
+ my $size = -s $response->body;
+ if ( $size ) {
+ $response->content_length( $size );
}
else {
$c->log->warn('Serving filehandle without a content-length');
# Always expect worst case!
my $status = -1;
- eval {
+ try {
if ($class->debug) {
my $secs = time - $START || 1;
my $av = sprintf '%.3f', $COUNT / $secs;
my $c = $class->prepare(@arguments);
$c->dispatch;
$status = $c->finalize;
- };
-
- if ( my $error = $@ ) {
- chomp $error;
- $class->log->error(qq/Caught exception in engine "$error"/);
}
+ catch {
+ chomp(my $error = $_);
+ $class->log->error(qq/Caught exception in engine "$error"/);
+ };
$COUNT++;
return $status;
}
-=head2 $c->prepare( @arguments )
+=head2 $class->prepare( @arguments )
Creates a Catalyst context from an engine-specific request (Apache, CGI,
etc.).
$c->res->headers->header( 'X-Catalyst' => $Catalyst::VERSION );
}
- #XXX reuse coderef from can
- # Allow engine to direct the prepare flow (for POE)
- if ( $c->engine->can('prepare') ) {
- $c->engine->prepare( $c, @arguments );
- }
- else {
- $c->prepare_request(@arguments);
- $c->prepare_connection;
- $c->prepare_query_parameters;
- $c->prepare_headers;
- $c->prepare_cookies;
- $c->prepare_path;
-
- # Prepare the body for reading, either by prepare_body
- # or the user, if they are using $c->read
- $c->prepare_read;
-
- # Parse the body unless the user wants it on-demand
- unless ( ref($c)->config->{parse_on_demand} ) {
- $c->prepare_body;
+ try {
+ # Allow engine to direct the prepare flow (for POE)
+ if ( my $prepare = $c->engine->can('prepare') ) {
+ $c->engine->$prepare( $c, @arguments );
+ }
+ else {
+ $c->prepare_request(@arguments);
+ $c->prepare_connection;
+ $c->prepare_query_parameters;
+ $c->prepare_headers;
+ $c->prepare_cookies;
+ $c->prepare_path;
+
+ # Prepare the body for reading, either by prepare_body
+ # or the user, if they are using $c->read
+ $c->prepare_read;
+
+ # Parse the body unless the user wants it on-demand
+ unless ( ref($c)->config->{parse_on_demand} ) {
+ $c->prepare_body;
+ }
}
}
+ # VERY ugly and probably shouldn't rely on ->finalize actually working
+ catch {
+ # failed prepare is always due to an invalid request, right?
+ $c->response->status(400);
+ $c->response->content_type('text/plain');
+ $c->response->body('Bad Request');
+ $c->finalize;
+ die $_;
+ };
my $method = $c->req->method || '';
my $path = $c->req->path;
=head2 $c->log_response_headers($headers);
-Hook method which can be wrapped by plugins to log the responseheaders.
+Hook method which can be wrapped by plugins to log the response headers.
No-op in the default implementation.
=cut
=cut
-sub run { my $c = shift; return $c->engine->run( $c, @_ ) }
+sub run {
+ my $app = shift;
+ $app->engine_loader->needs_psgi_engine_compat_hack ?
+ $app->engine->run($app, @_) :
+ $app->engine->run( $app, $app->_finalized_psgi_app, @_ );
+}
=head2 $c->set_action( $action, $code, $namespace, $attrs )
=cut
-sub setup_engine {
- my ( $class, $engine ) = @_;
+sub engine_class {
+ my ($class, $requested_engine) = @_;
- if ($engine) {
- $engine = 'Catalyst::Engine::' . $engine;
+ if (!$class->engine_loader || $requested_engine) {
+ $class->engine_loader(
+ Catalyst::EngineLoader->new({
+ application_name => $class,
+ (defined $requested_engine
+ ? (catalyst_engine_class => $requested_engine) : ()),
+ }),
+ );
}
- if ( my $env = Catalyst::Utils::env_value( $class, 'ENGINE' ) ) {
- $engine = 'Catalyst::Engine::' . $env;
- }
+ $class->engine_loader->catalyst_engine_class;
+}
- if ( $ENV{MOD_PERL} ) {
- my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class);
+sub setup_engine {
+ my ($class, $requested_engine) = @_;
- # create the apache method
- $meta->add_method('apache' => sub { shift->engine->apache });
+ my $engine = do {
+ my $loader = $class->engine_loader;
- my ( $software, $version ) =
- $ENV{MOD_PERL} =~ /^(\S+)\/(\d+(?:[\.\_]\d+)+)/;
+ if (!$loader || $requested_engine) {
+ $loader = Catalyst::EngineLoader->new({
+ application_name => $class,
+ (defined $requested_engine
+ ? (requested_engine => $requested_engine) : ()),
+ }),
- $version =~ s/_//g;
- $version =~ s/(\.[^.]+)\./$1/g;
+ $class->engine_loader($loader);
+ }
- if ( $software eq 'mod_perl' ) {
+ $loader->catalyst_engine_class;
+ };
- if ( !$engine ) {
+ # Don't really setup_engine -- see _setup_psgi_app for explanation.
+ return if $class->loading_psgi_file;
- if ( $version >= 1.99922 ) {
- $engine = 'Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP20';
- }
+ Class::MOP::load_class($engine);
- elsif ( $version >= 1.9901 ) {
- $engine = 'Catalyst::Engine::Apache2::MP19';
- }
+ if ($ENV{MOD_PERL}) {
+ my $apache = $class->engine_loader->auto;
- elsif ( $version >= 1.24 ) {
- $engine = 'Catalyst::Engine::Apache::MP13';
- }
+ my $meta = find_meta($class);
+ my $was_immutable = $meta->is_immutable;
+ my %immutable_options = $meta->immutable_options;
+ $meta->make_mutable if $was_immutable;
- else {
- Catalyst::Exception->throw( message =>
- qq/Unsupported mod_perl version: $ENV{MOD_PERL}/ );
- }
+ $meta->add_method(handler => sub {
+ my $r = shift;
+ my $psgi_app = $class->psgi_app;
+ $apache->call_app($r, $psgi_app);
+ });
- }
+ $meta->make_immutable(%immutable_options) if $was_immutable;
+ }
- # install the correct mod_perl handler
- if ( $version >= 1.9901 ) {
- *handler = sub : method {
- shift->handle_request(@_);
- };
- }
- else {
- *handler = sub ($$) { shift->handle_request(@_) };
- }
+ $class->engine( $engine->new );
- }
+ return;
+}
- elsif ( $software eq 'Zeus-Perl' ) {
- $engine = 'Catalyst::Engine::Zeus';
- }
+sub _finalized_psgi_app {
+ my ($app) = @_;
- else {
- Catalyst::Exception->throw(
- message => qq/Unsupported mod_perl: $ENV{MOD_PERL}/ );
- }
+ unless ($app->_psgi_app) {
+ my $psgi_app = $app->_setup_psgi_app;
+ $app->_psgi_app($psgi_app);
}
- unless ($engine) {
- $engine = $class->engine_class;
- }
+ return $app->_psgi_app;
+}
- Class::MOP::load_class($engine);
+sub _setup_psgi_app {
+ my ($app) = @_;
- # check for old engines that are no longer compatible
- my $old_engine;
- if ( $engine->isa('Catalyst::Engine::Apache')
- && !Catalyst::Engine::Apache->VERSION )
- {
- $old_engine = 1;
- }
+ for my $home (Path::Class::Dir->new($app->config->{home})) {
+ my $psgi_file = $home->file(
+ Catalyst::Utils::appprefix($app) . '.psgi',
+ );
- elsif ( $engine->isa('Catalyst::Engine::Server::Base')
- && Catalyst::Engine::Server->VERSION le '0.02' )
- {
- $old_engine = 1;
- }
+ next unless -e $psgi_file;
- elsif ($engine->isa('Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::POE')
- && $engine->VERSION eq '0.01' )
- {
- $old_engine = 1;
- }
+ # If $psgi_file calls ->setup_engine, it's doing so to load
+ # Catalyst::Engine::PSGI. But if it does that, we're only going to
+ # throw away the loaded PSGI-app and load the 5.9 Catalyst::Engine
+ # anyway. So set a flag (ick) that tells setup_engine not to populate
+ # $c->engine or do any other things we might regret.
- elsif ($engine->isa('Catalyst::Engine::Zeus')
- && $engine->VERSION eq '0.01' )
- {
- $old_engine = 1;
- }
+ $app->loading_psgi_file(1);
+ my $psgi_app = Plack::Util::load_psgi($psgi_file);
+ $app->loading_psgi_file(0);
- if ($old_engine) {
- Catalyst::Exception->throw( message =>
- qq/Engine "$engine" is not supported by this version of Catalyst/
- );
+ return $psgi_app
+ unless $app->engine_loader->needs_psgi_engine_compat_hack;
+
+ warn <<"EOW";
+Found a legacy Catalyst::Engine::PSGI .psgi file at ${psgi_file}.
+
+Its content has been ignored. Please consult the Catalyst::Upgrading
+documentation on how to upgrade from Catalyst::Engine::PSGI.
+EOW
}
- # engine instance
- $class->engine( $engine->new );
+ return $app->apply_default_middlewares($app->psgi_app);
+}
+
+=head2 $c->apply_default_middlewares
+
+Adds the following L<Plack> middlewares to your application, since they are
+useful and commonly needed:
+
+L<Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy>, (conditionally added based on the status
+of your $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}, and can be forced on with C<using_frontend_proxy>
+or forced off with C<ignore_frontend_proxy>), L<Plack::Middleware::LighttpdScriptNameFix>
+(if you are using Lighttpd), L<Plack::Middleware::IIS6ScriptNameFix> (always
+applied since this middleware is smart enough to conditionally apply itself).
+
+Additionally if we detect we are using Nginx, we add a bit of custom middleware
+to solve some problems with the way that server handles $ENV{PATH_INFO} and
+$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}
+
+=cut
+
+
+sub apply_default_middlewares {
+ my ($app, $psgi_app) = @_;
+
+ $psgi_app = Plack::Middleware::Conditional->wrap(
+ $psgi_app,
+ builder => sub { Plack::Middleware::ReverseProxy->wrap($_[0]) },
+ condition => sub {
+ my ($env) = @_;
+ return if $app->config->{ignore_frontend_proxy};
+ return $env->{REMOTE_ADDR} eq '127.0.0.1'
+ || $app->config->{using_frontend_proxy};
+ },
+ );
+
+ # If we're running under Lighttpd, swap PATH_INFO and SCRIPT_NAME
+ # http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/catalyst/2006-June/008361.html
+ $psgi_app = Plack::Middleware::LighttpdScriptNameFix->wrap($psgi_app);
+
+ # we're applying this unconditionally as the middleware itself already makes
+ # sure it doesn't fuck things up if it's not running under one of the right
+ # IIS versions
+ $psgi_app = Plack::Middleware::IIS6ScriptNameFix->wrap($psgi_app);
+
+ return $psgi_app;
+}
+
+=head2 $c->psgi_app
+
+Returns a PSGI application code reference for the catalyst application
+C<$c>. This is the bare application without any middlewares
+applied. C<${myapp}.psgi> is not taken into account.
+
+This is what you want to be using to retrieve the PSGI application code
+reference of your Catalyst application for use in F<.psgi> files.
+
+=cut
+
+sub psgi_app {
+ my ($app) = @_;
+ return $app->engine->build_psgi_app($app);
}
=head2 $c->setup_home
=head2 $c->registered_plugins
Returns a sorted list of the plugins which have either been stated in the
-import list or which have been added via C<< MyApp->plugin(@args); >>.
+import list.
If passed a given plugin name, it will report a boolean value indicating
whether or not that plugin is loaded. A fully qualified name is required if
my $class = ref $proto || $proto;
Class::MOP::load_class( $plugin );
- $class->log->warn( "$plugin inherits from 'Catalyst::Component' - this is decated and will not work in 5.81" )
+ $class->log->warn( "$plugin inherits from 'Catalyst::Component' - this is deprecated and will not work in 5.81" )
if $plugin->isa( 'Catalyst::Component' );
$proto->_plugins->{$plugin} = 1;
unless ($instant) {
C<parse_on_demand> - The request body (for example file uploads) will not be parsed
until it is accessed. This allows you to (for example) check authentication (and reject
-the upload) before actually recieving all the data. See L</ON-DEMAND PARSER>
+the upload) before actually receiving all the data. See L</ON-DEMAND PARSER>
=item *
=item *
-C<use_request_uri_for_path> - Controlls if the C<REQUEST_URI> or C<PATH_INFO> environment
-variable should be used for determining the request path. See L<Catalyst::Engine::CGI/PATH DECODING>
-for more information.
+C<use_request_uri_for_path> - Controls if the C<REQUEST_URI> or C<PATH_INFO> environment
+variable should be used for determining the request path.
+
+Most web server environments pass the requested path to the application using environment variables,
+from which Catalyst has to reconstruct the request base (i.e. the top level path to / in the application,
+exposed as C<< $c->request->base >>) and the request path below that base.
+
+There are two methods of doing this, both of which have advantages and disadvantages. Which method is used
+is determined by the C<< $c->config(use_request_uri_for_path) >> setting (which can either be true or false).
+
+=over
+
+=item use_request_uri_for_path => 0
+
+This is the default (and the) traditional method that Catalyst has used for determining the path information.
+The path is generated from a combination of the C<PATH_INFO> and C<SCRIPT_NAME> environment variables.
+The allows the application to behave correctly when C<mod_rewrite> is being used to redirect requests
+into the application, as these variables are adjusted by mod_rewrite to take account for the redirect.
+
+However this method has the major disadvantage that it is impossible to correctly decode some elements
+of the path, as RFC 3875 says: "C<< Unlike a URI path, the PATH_INFO is not URL-encoded, and cannot
+contain path-segment parameters. >>" This means PATH_INFO is B<always> decoded, and therefore Catalyst
+can't distinguish / vs %2F in paths (in addition to other encoded values).
+
+=item use_request_uri_for_path => 1
+
+This method uses the C<REQUEST_URI> and C<SCRIPT_NAME> environment variables. As C<REQUEST_URI> is never
+decoded, this means that applications using this mode can correctly handle URIs including the %2F character
+(i.e. with C<AllowEncodedSlashes> set to C<On> in Apache).
+
+Given that this method of path resolution is provably more correct, it is recommended that you use
+this unless you have a specific need to deploy your application in a non-standard environment, and you are
+aware of the implications of not being able to handle encoded URI paths correctly.
+
+However it also means that in a number of cases when the app isn't installed directly at a path, but instead
+is having paths rewritten into it (e.g. as a .cgi/fcgi in a public_html directory, with mod_rewrite in a
+.htaccess file, or when SSI is used to rewrite pages into the app, or when sub-paths of the app are exposed
+at other URIs than that which the app is 'normally' based at with C<mod_rewrite>), the resolution of
+C<< $c->request->base >> will be incorrect.
+
+=back
=item *
=head2 L<Catalyst::Test> - The test suite.
+=begin stopwords
+
=head1 PROJECT FOUNDER
sri: Sebastian Riedel <sri@cpan.org>
rainboxx: Matthias Dietrich, C<perl@rainboxx.de>
+dd070: Dhaval Dhanani <dhaval070@gmail.com>
+
+=end stopwords
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (c) 2005, the above named PROJECT FOUNDER and CONTRIBUTORS.
+
=head1 LICENSE
This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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