apache_note() does not work on requests to a symlink, only on actual files. Eg. if index.php is symlinked to login.php, then any apache_note() in login.php will not be available to other apache modules such as logging.
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
apache_note — Get and set apache request notes
$note_name
[, string $note_value = ""
] )This function is a wrapper for Apache's table_get and table_set. It edits the table of notes that exists during a request. The table's purpose is to allow Apache modules to communicate.
The main use for apache_note() is to pass information from one module to another within the same request.
note_nameThe name of the note.
note_valueThe value of the note.
If called with one argument, it returns the current value of note
note_name. If called with two arguments, it
sets the value of note note_name to
note_value and returns the previous value of
note note_name.
If the note cannot be retrieved, FALSE is returned.
Example #1 Passing information between PHP and Perl
<?php
apache_note('name', 'Fredrik Ekengren');
// Call perl script
virtual("/perl/some_script.pl");
$result = apache_note("resultdata");
?>
# Get Apache request object
my $r = Apache->request()->main();
# Get passed data
my $name = $r->notes('name');
# some processing
# Pass result back to PHP
$r->notes('resultdata', $result);
Example #2 Logging values in access.log
<?php
apache_note('sessionID', session_id());
?>
# "%{sessionID}n" can be used in the LogFormat directive
apache_note() does not work on requests to a symlink, only on actual files. Eg. if index.php is symlinked to login.php, then any apache_note() in login.php will not be available to other apache modules such as logging.