from mapscript import mapObj,layerObj
wkt = '''PROJCS["NAD83 / California Albers",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],PROJECTION["Albers_Conic_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",34],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",40.5],PARAMETER["latitude_of_center",0],PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",-120],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",-4000000],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3310"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]'''
m = mapObj('')
m.setWKTProjection(wkt)
lyr = layerObj(m)
lyr.setWKTProjection(wkt)