Apache::Connection

A class to wrap client socket connection records; may be fetched via Apache::Request#connection?.

Object

aborted?

Returns true if a timeout set by Apache::Request#soft_timeout? occurs while reading or writing to the client.

auth_type

auth_type= str

Returns/sets the type of authentication used, if any, as a String. These methods are only implemented when running under Apache 1.x.

local_host

Returns the DNS name of the IP address of the local side of the socket connection.

local_ip

Returns the dotted Internet address of the local side of the socket connection.

local_port

Returns the port number of the local side of the socket connection.

remote_host

Returns the DNS name of the client, if it is set, else the IP address.

remote_ip

Returns the dotted Internet address of the client as a String.

remote_logname

Returns the username obtained via RFC 1413 lookup if the server is doing them.

remote_port

Returns the port number of the socket on the client side of the connection.

user

user= str

Returns/sets the name of the authenticated user, if any. These methods are only implemented when running under Apache 1.x, so if you wish to write code that works under either version, you should use the equivalent methods? in the Apache::Request object.