Apache Reference: mod_perl, PerlModule

PerlModule

Read and Import a Perl Module
Syntax: PerlModule module [module ...]
Example: PerlModule Apache::Registry
Since: Apache 1.2

At server start-up and restart, this directive reads in and evaluates a Perl module (usually Perl package files ending in .pm), much like Perl's built-in use command. Here module must be a ``bare word'' - that is, a package name without any file path information. When placed inside .htaccess files, the modules specified in the module arguments are loaded at HTTP request time and run under the unprivileged UID.