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Date: 3 Dec 2000 00:08:49 -0000
From: Mike Machado <mike@innercite.com>
Reply-To: mike@innercite.com
To: submit@bugz.apache.org
Subject: CGI script cannot modify the environment used for SSIs
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>Number:         6923
>Category:       mod_cgi
>Synopsis:       CGI script cannot modify the environment used for SSIs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 02 16:10:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    Mon Dec 04 06:11:52 PST 2000
>Last-Modified:  Mon Dec 04 06:11:52 PST 2000
>Originator:     mike@innercite.com
>Release:        1.3.14
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux 2.2.16
>Description:
When I change an evironment variable in a CGI called via #include virtual or #exec cgi
it cannot be seen with #echo or the #if, #elsif etc, control commands.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Pass the CGI a reference instead of a copy
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: fanf
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec  4 06:11:50 PST 2000
State-Changed-Why:
This is a fundamental limitation of CGIs. They exist in a
separate process and there is no mechanism for passing
changed environment variables back to the parent web server.
It is not possible to do what you want the way you want to
do it.
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