<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>5.1.5 PythonInitHandler</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="5.1.5 PythonInitHandler"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="modpython"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css"> <link rel="first" href="modpython.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="next" href="dir-handlers-ach.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="dir-handlers-hph.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="dir-handlers.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="dir-handlers-ach.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-handlers-hph.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers-ach.html"><img src="icons/next.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers-hph.html">5.1.4 PythonHeaderParserHandler</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers.html">5.1 Request Handlers</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers-ach.html">5.1.6 PythonAccessHandler</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION007150000000000000000"> </A> <a name="l2h-216"> </a> <BR> 5.1.5 PythonInitHandler </H2> <P> <b><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Syntax" title="Syntax:" >Syntax:</a></em></b> <i>Python*Handler Syntax</i> <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Context" title="Context:" >Context:</a></em> server config, virtual host, directory, htaccess <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Override" title="Override:" >Override:</a></em> not None <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Module" title="Module:" >Module:</a></em> mod_python.c <P> This handler is the first handler called in the request processing phases that is allowed both inside and outside <span class="file">.htaccess</span> and directory. <P> This handler is actually an alias to two different handlers. When specified in the main config file outside any directory tags, it is an alias to <code>PostReadRequestHandler</code>. When specified inside directory (where <code>PostReadRequestHandler</code> is not allowed), it aliases to <code>PythonHeaderParserHandler</code>. <P> <i>(This idea was borrowed from mod_perl)</i> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-handlers-hph.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-handlers-ach.html"><img src="icons/next.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers-hph.html">5.1.4 PythonHeaderParserHandler</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers.html">5.1 Request Handlers</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-handlers-ach.html">5.1.6 PythonAccessHandler</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 3.1.0a, documentation updated on August 26, 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>