Act configuration variables

Global variables available at runtime

  use Act::Config;

which exports two globals: $Config and %Request.

$Config: current configuration.

$Config->foo_bar retrieves the value of the configuration parameter named foo in section bar.

Configuration parameters coming from .ini files are currently all string values. These additional parameters are also available:

• conferences

  A reference to a hash whose keys are the conference names.

• languages

  A reference to a hash whose keys are the language codes.

%Request: current request object

A hash which holds information about the current request.

• r

  The Apache request object.

• args

  A hashref to the query's parameters (decoded from query string or POSTed variables).

• language

  Current client language code.

• language_info

  A hash of properties describing current client language.

  • bidi

    This boolean is true is the current language requires bidi (bi-directional text) handling.

• conference

  Name of the current conference if applicable.

• path_info

  What's left of the URI that hasn't been parsed.

• dbh

  Handle to the database. connect/disconnect is automatic.

• user

  A hashref to the current registered user, if applicable.