I want to use mod_perl to change the url before it gets to mod_rewrite, is this possible?
I currently use mod_rewrite to proxy certain requests to an app server.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/base1/(.*)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/base2/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$
https://my.appserver.com/$1 [P,L]
This works fine.
I wrote a mod_perl module hoping to change the url BEFORE it gets to mod_rewrite. But mod_rewrite still uses the original url. If I take mod_rewrite out of the picture, it looks like my perl module does change the url before Apache tries to hit the file system.
My mod_perl runs as a TransHandler
PerlTransHandler My::Module
The short of the code is:
my $uri = $r->uri();
$uri =~ SOME STUFF HERE TO CHANGE THE URI
$r->uri($uri); #Internally modify the url
If I am just hitting the file system, Apache uses the modified url from the perl module. But if I am using mod_rewrite to proxy, mod_rewrite is using the original url, before mod_perl makes any changes.
Is it possible to use mod_perl to change the url before mod_rewrite starts its work?
thank you
