NAME

CGI::Persist::File - file-based front end to CGI::Persist

DESCRIPTION

Persistency module using CGI::Persist.

CGI::Persist is capable of preventing 'session-stealing' because it checks REMOTE_ADDR and HTTP_USER_AGENT of the guy (or gal) on the other end of the line.

SYNOPSIS

  use strict; #|| die!
  my $p = CGI::Persist::File->new(root => "Foo",
                                  prefix => "myscript",

                                  sessionTime => 900,
                                 );

    # add a parameter to the data.
    $p->param(-name => "Veggie", -value = "TRUE");

    # read a parameter from the data.
    $id = $p->param('id') || $p->ID;

    # store something completely else
    $p->data( MyName => "Hartog C. de Mik",
              key => "0294202049522095",
            );

METHODS

• root

  Specify the /path/to for your files. Defaults to /tmp. If you use "../" in your root() CGI::Persist::File causes a die.

• prefix

  Specify the prefix to use for your files. If you have something like

    $cgi->root("/www/sessions");
    $cgi->prefix("MyScript");

  filenames will look like:

    /www/sessions/MyScript-Fw8WQJ

  When ->prefix() is empty filenames would look like:

    /www/sessions/Fw8WQJ

SEE ALSO

CGI(3), CGI::Persist

AUTHOR

Hartog C. de Mik, hartog@2organize.com