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<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.3</a> > <a href="./">Developer Documentation</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Apache 2.0 Hook Functions</h1>
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<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/developer/hooks.html" title="English"> en </a></p>
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      <p>This document is still in development and may be partially out of
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      date.</p>
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    <p>In general, a hook function is one that Apache will call at
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    some point during the processing of a request. Modules can
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    provide functions that are called, and specify when they get
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<div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#create">Creating a hook function</a></li>
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#hooking">Hooking the hook</a></li>
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<h2><a name="create" id="create">Creating a hook function</a></h2>
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    <p>In order to create a new hook, four things need to be
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    done:</p>
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    <h3><a name="create-declare" id="create-declare">Declare the hook function</a></h3>
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      <p>Use the <code>AP_DECLARE_HOOK</code> macro, which needs to be given
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      the return type of the hook function, the name of the hook, and the
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      arguments. For example, if the hook returns an <code>int</code> and
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      takes a <code>request_rec *</code> and an <code>int</code> and is
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      called <code>do_something</code>, then declare it like this:</p>
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      <div class="example"><p><code>
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        AP_DECLARE_HOOK(int, do_something, (request_rec *r, int n))
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      </code></p></div>
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      <p>This should go in a header which modules will include if
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      they want to use the hook.</p>
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    <h3><a name="create-create" id="create-create">Create the hook structure</a></h3>
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      <p>Each source file that exports a hook has a private structure
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      which is used to record the module functions that use the hook.
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      This is declared as follows:</p>
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      <div class="example"><p><code>
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        APR_HOOK_STRUCT(<br />
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        <span class="indent">
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          APR_HOOK_LINK(do_something)<br />
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          ...<br />
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        </span>
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        )
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      </code></p></div>
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    <h3><a name="create-implement" id="create-implement">Implement the hook caller</a></h3>
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      <p>The source file that exports the hook has to implement a
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      function that will call the hook. There are currently three
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      possible ways to do this. In all cases, the calling function is
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      called <code>ap_run_<var>hookname</var>()</code>.</p>
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      <h4>Void hooks</h4>
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        <p>If the return value of a hook is <code>void</code>, then all the
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        hooks are called, and the caller is implemented like this:</p>
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        <div class="example"><p><code>
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          AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_VOID(do_something, (request_rec *r, int n), (r, n))
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        </code></p></div>
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        <p>The second and third arguments are the dummy argument
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        declaration and the dummy arguments as they will be used when
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        calling the hook. In other words, this macro expands to
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        something like this:</p>
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        <div class="example"><p><code>
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          void ap_run_do_something(request_rec *r, int n)<br />
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          {<br />
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          <span class="indent">
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            ...<br />
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            do_something(r, n);<br />
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          </span>
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          }
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        </code></p></div>
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      <h4>Hooks that return a value</h4>
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        <p>If the hook returns a value, then it can either be run until
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        the first hook that does something interesting, like so:</p>
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        <div class="example"><p><code>
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          AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_FIRST(int, do_something, (request_rec *r, int n), (r, n), DECLINED)
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        </code></p></div>
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        <p>The first hook that does <em>not</em> return <code>DECLINED</code>
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        stops the loop and its return value is returned from the hook
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        caller. Note that <code>DECLINED</code> is the tradition Apache
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        hook return meaning "I didn't do anything", but it can be
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        whatever suits you.</p>
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        <p>Alternatively, all hooks can be run until an error occurs.
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        This boils down to permitting <em>two</em> return values, one of
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        which means "I did something, and it was OK" and the other
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        meaning "I did nothing". The first function that returns a
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        value other than one of those two stops the loop, and its
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        return is the return value. Declare these like so:</p>
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        <div class="example"><p><code>
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          AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_ALL(int, do_something, (request_rec *r, int n), (r, n), OK, DECLINED)
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        </code></p></div>
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        <p>Again, <code>OK</code> and <code>DECLINED</code> are the traditional
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        values. You can use what you want.</p>
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    <h3><a name="create-call" id="create-call">Call the hook callers</a></h3>
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      <p>At appropriate moments in the code, call the hook caller,
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      like so:</p>
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      <div class="example"><p><code>
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        int n, ret;<br />
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        request_rec *r;<br />
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        <br />
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        ret=ap_run_do_something(r, n);
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      </code></p></div>
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<h2><a name="hooking" id="hooking">Hooking the hook</a></h2>
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    <p>A module that wants a hook to be called needs to do two
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    things.</p>
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    <h3><a name="hooking-implement" id="hooking-implement">Implement the hook function</a></h3>
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      <p>Include the appropriate header, and define a static function
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      of the correct type:</p>
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      <div class="example"><p><code>
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        static int my_something_doer(request_rec *r, int n)<br />
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        {<br />
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        <span class="indent">
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          ...<br />
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          return OK;<br />
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        </span>
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        }
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      </code></p></div>
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    <h3><a name="hooking-add" id="hooking-add">Add a hook registering function</a></h3>
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      <p>During initialisation, Apache will call each modules hook
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      registering function, which is included in the module
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      structure:</p>
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      <div class="example"><p><code>
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        static void my_register_hooks()<br />
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        {<br />
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        <span class="indent">
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          ap_hook_do_something(my_something_doer, NULL, NULL, APR_HOOK_MIDDLE);<br />
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        </span>
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        }<br />
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        <br />
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        mode MODULE_VAR_EXPORT my_module =<br />
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        {<br />
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        <span class="indent">
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          ...<br />
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          my_register_hooks       /* register hooks */<br />
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        </span>
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        };
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      </code></p></div>
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    <h3><a name="hooking-order" id="hooking-order">Controlling hook calling order</a></h3>
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      <p>In the example above, we didn't use the three arguments in
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      the hook registration function that control calling order.
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      There are two mechanisms for doing this. The first, rather
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      crude, method, allows us to specify roughly where the hook is
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      run relative to other modules. The final argument control this.
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      There are three possible values: <code>APR_HOOK_FIRST</code>,
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      <code>APR_HOOK_MIDDLE</code> and <code>APR_HOOK_LAST</code>.</p>
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      <p>All modules using any particular value may be run in any
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      order relative to each other, but, of course, all modules using
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      <code>APR_HOOK_FIRST</code> will be run before <code>APR_HOOK_MIDDLE</code>
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      which are before <code>APR_HOOK_LAST</code>. Modules that don't care
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      when they are run should use <code>APR_HOOK_MIDDLE</code>. <em>(I spaced
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      these out so people could do stuff like <code>APR_HOOK_FIRST-2</code>
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      to get in slightly earlier, but is this wise? - Ben)</em></p>
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      <p>Note that there are two more values,
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      <code>APR_HOOK_REALLY_FIRST</code> and <code>APR_HOOK_REALLY_LAST</code>. These
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      should only be used by the hook exporter.</p>
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      <p>The other method allows finer control. When a module knows
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      that it must be run before (or after) some other modules, it
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      can specify them by name. The second (third) argument is a
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      NULL-terminated array of strings consisting of the names of
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      modules that must be run before (after) the current module. For
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      example, suppose we want "mod_xyz.c" and "mod_abc.c" to run
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      before we do, then we'd hook as follows:</p>
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      <div class="example"><p><code>
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        static void register_hooks()<br />
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        {<br />
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        <span class="indent">
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          static const char * const aszPre[] = { "mod_xyz.c", "mod_abc.c", NULL };<br />
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          <br />
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          ap_hook_do_something(my_something_doer, aszPre, NULL, APR_HOOK_MIDDLE);<br />
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        </span>
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        }
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      </code></p></div>
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      <p>Note that the sort used to achieve this is stable, so
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      ordering set by <code>APR_HOOK_<var>ORDER</var></code> is preserved, as far
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      as is possible.</p>
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      <p class="cite"><cite>Ben Laurie</cite>, 15th August 1999</p>
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