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This is useful to make decisions based upon the input header fields. <P> <div class="note"><b class="label">Note:</b> When this phase of the request is processed, the URI has not yet been translated into a path name, therefore this directive could never be executed by Apache if it could specified within <code><Directory></code>, <code><Location></code>, <code><File></code> directives or in an <span class="file">.htaccess</span> file. The only place this directive is allowed is the main configuration file, and the code for it will execute in the main interpreter. And because this phase happens before any identification of the type of content being requested is done (i.e. is this a python program or a gif?), the python routine specified with this handler will be called for <i>ALL</i> requests on this server (not just python programs), which is an important consideration if performance is a priority. </div> <P> <a name="l2h-213"> </a>The handlers below are documented in order in which phases are processed by Apache. <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-handlers-syn.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-th.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-syn.html">5.1.1 Python*Handler Directive Syntax</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-th.html">5.1.3 PythonTransHandler</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 3.1.0a, documentation updated on August 26, 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>