NAME

       CGI::Compile - Compile .cgi scripts to a code reference like ModPerl::Registry

SYNOPSIS

         use CGI::Compile;
         my $sub = CGI::Compile->compile("/path/to/script.cgi");

DESCRIPTION

       CGI::Compile is an utility to compile CGI scripts into a code reference that can run many
       times on its own namespace, as long as the script is ready to run on a persistent
       environment.

       NOTE: for best results, load CGI::Compile before any modules used by your CGIs.

RUN ON PSGI

       Combined with CGI::Emulate::PSGI, your CGI script can be turned into a persistent PSGI
       application like:

         use CGI::Emulate::PSGI;
         use CGI::Compile;

         my $cgi_script = "/path/to/foo.cgi";
         my $sub = CGI::Compile->compile($cgi_script);
         my $app = CGI::Emulate::PSGI->handler($sub);

         # $app is a PSGI application

CAVEATS

       If your CGI script has a subroutine that references the lexical scope variable outside the
       subroutine, you'll see warnings such as:

         Variable "$q" is not available at ...
         Variable "$counter" will not stay shared at ...

       This is due to the way this module compiles the whole script into a big "sub". To solve
       this, you have to update your code to pass around the lexical variables, or replace "my"
       with "our". See also
       <http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/porting.html#The_First_Mystery> for more details.

AUTHOR

       Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>

CONTRIBUTORS

       Rafael Kitover <rkitover@cpan.org>

       Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2009 Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@bulknews.net>

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       ModPerl::RegistryCooker CGI::Emulate::PSGI