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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting PERL: how to tell if variable is NULL Post 34878 by WIntellect on Wednesday 19th of March 2003 12:11:47 PM
Old 03-19-2003
The function "defined" may also achieve what you require; check the usual perldoc for details.

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APACHE_SETENV(3)							 1							  APACHE_SETENV(3)

apache_setenv - Set an Apache subprocess_env variable

SYNOPSIS
bool apache_setenv (string $variable, string $value, [bool $walk_to_top = false]) DESCRIPTION
apache_setenv(3) sets the value of the Apache environment variable specified by $variable. Note When setting an Apache environment variable, the corresponding $_SERVER variable is not changed. PARAMETERS
o $variable - The environment variable that's being set. o $value - The new $variable value. o $walk_to_top - Whether to set the top-level variable available to all Apache layers. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Setting an Apache environment variable using apache_setenv(3) <?php apache_setenv("EXAMPLE_VAR", "Example Value"); ?> NOTES
Note apache_setenv(3) can be paired up with apache_getenv(3) across separate pages or for setting variables to pass to Server Side Includes (.shtml) that have been included in PHP scripts. SEE ALSO
apache_getenv(3). PHP Documentation Group APACHE_SETENV(3)
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