NAME

Net::FastCGI::Protocol - Provides functions to build and parse FastCGI messages.

SYNOPSIS

# FCGI_Header
$octets = build_header($type, $request_id, $content_length, $padding_length);
@values = parse_header($octets);

# FCGI_BeginRequestBody
$octets = build_begin_request_body($role, $flags);
@values = parse_begin_request_body($octets);

# FCGI_EndRequestBody
$octets = build_end_request_body($application_status, $protocol_status);
@values = parse_end_request_body($octets);

# FCGI_UnknownTypeBody
$octets = build_unknown_type_body($type);
@values = parse_unknown_type_body($octets);

# FCGI_BeginRequestRecord
$octets = build_begin_request_record($request_id, $role, $flags);

# FCGI_EndRequestRecord
$octets = build_end_request_record($request_id, $application_status, $protocol_status);

# FCGI_UnknownTypeRecord
$octets = build_unknown_type_record($type);

# FCGI_Record
$octets = build_record($type, $request_id);
$octets = build_record($type, $request_id, $content);

# FCGI_NameValuePair's
$octets = build_params($params);
$params = parse_params($octets);

# FCGI Byte Streams
$octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $octets);
$octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $octets, $terminate);

DESCRIPTION

Provides functions to build and parse FastCGI messages.

FUNCTIONS

build_begin_request_body

Builds a FCGI_BeginRequestBody.

Usage

$octets = build_begin_request_body($role, $flags);

Arguments

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the body. String is 8 octets in length.

build_begin_request_record

Builds a FCGI_BeginRequestRecord.

Usage

$octets = build_begin_request_record($request_id, $role, $flags);

Arguments

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record. String is 16 octets in length.

build_end_request_body

Builds a FCGI_EndRequestBody.

Usage

$octets = build_end_request_body($application_status, $protocol_status);

Arguments

$application_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer.

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the body. String is 8 octets in length.

build_end_request_record

Builds a FCGI_EndRequestRecord.

Usage

$octets = build_end_request_record($request_id, $application_status, $protocol_status);

Arguments

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$application_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer.

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record. String is 16 octets in length.

build_header

Builds a FCGI_Header.

Usage

$octets = build_header($type, $request_id, $content_length, $padding_length);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content_length

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$padding_length

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the header. String is 8 octets in length.

build_params

Builds FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Usage

$octets = build_params($params);

Arguments

$params

A hash reference containing name/value pairs.

Returns

$octets

build_record

Builds a FCGI_Record.

Usage

$octets = build_record($type, $request_id);
$octets = build_record($type, $request_id, $content);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content (optional)

A string of octets containing the content, must be less than or equal to 65535 octets in length.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record.

build_stream

Builds a series of byte streams records.

Usage

$octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $content);
$octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $content, $terminate);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content

A string of octets containing the stream content.

$terminate

A boolean indicating whether or not the stream should be terminated.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the stream.

build_unknown_type_body

Builds a FCGI_UnknownTypeBody.

Usage

$octets = build_unknown_type_body($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the body. String is 8 octets in length.

build_unknown_type_record

Builds a FCGI_UnknownTypRecord.

Usage

$octets = build_unknown_type_record($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record. String is 16 octets in length.

parse_begin_request_body

Parses a FCGI_BeginRequestBody.

Usage

($role, $flags) = parse_begin_request_body($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing the body, must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

parse_end_request_body

Parses a FCGI_EndRequestBody.

Usage

($application_status, $protocol_status) = parse_end_request_body($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing the body, must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$application_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

parse_header

Parses a FCGI_Header.

Usage

($type, $request_id, $content_length, $padding_length) = parse_header($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing the header, must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content_length

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$padding_length

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

parse_params

Parses FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Usage

$params = parse_params($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Returns

$params

A hash reference containing name/value pairs.

parse_unknown_type_body

Parses a FCGI_UnknownTypeBody.

Usage

$type = parse_unknown_type_body($octets);

Arguments

$octets

$octets must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

get_type_name

Usage

$name = get_type_name($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$name

A string containing the name of the type.

get_role_name

Usage

$name = get_role_name($type);

Arguments

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

Returns

$name

A string containing the name of the role.

get_protocol_status_name

Usage

$name = get_protocol_status_name($protocol_status);

Arguments

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$name

A string containing the name of the protocol status.

is_known_type

Usage

$boolean = is_known_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a known FastCGI v1 type.

is_management_type

Usage

$boolean = is_management_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a management type.

is_discrete_type

Usage

$boolean = is_discrete_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a discrete type.

is_stream_type

Usage

$boolean = is_stream_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a stream type.

EXPORTS

None by default. All functions can be exported using the :all tag or individually.

DIAGNOSTICS

(F) Usage: %s
(F) Argument "%s" must be greater than or equal to %u octets in length
(F) Argument "%s" must be less than or equal to %u octets in length
(F) Unexpected end of octets while parsing FCGI_NameValuePair
(F) Unsupported FastCGI version: %u

SEE ALSO

http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fcgi-spec.html
Net::FastCGI::Constant

AUTHOR

Christian Hansen chansen@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008 Christian Hansen. All rights reserved.

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.