[thelist] perl vs php with mysql?

[Steve Cook]

This is a real opinion question, but to throw in my 2 öre as someone who has
developed with both perl and PHP, I would suggest going with the PHP option.

It actually depends a little on what you want to do, but PHP is simple to
pick up (especially if you have the Wrox book or another reference guide)
and shortens development time. Think for instance that all form responses
are automatically made into variables instead of having to include a script
just to handle form input!

On top of this, learning to handle more advanced techniques such as
databases is a doddle in PHP.

On the other hand, I still use perl for certain tasks. For instance, I just
wrote an archive program for my mailing list. It uses a perl script with
cron to sweep the text version of the archive every hour and add it to a
database, where I use a group of PHP scripts to make it web searchable. This
is a case of using the right tool for the right job. Perl is great for text
parsing and is a great server scripting language. PHP is designed from
scratch to make web development simple.

Good luck with whichever you choose.

.steve


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Fischer [mailto:info at aussiebidder.com]
> Sent: den 21 september 2000 08:37
> To: The List 
> Subject: [thelist] perl vs php with mysql?
> 
> 
> Thanks for the info on db interfaces.  I went with phpadmin.  
> So far so
> good.
> 
> I was wondering though, whether I should use perl or php with 
> mysql.  I
> already have the site set up using perl/cgi.  But I have read 
> that that
> combination has a big overhead in server resources and is slow.
> Will perl and mysql be as slow or would I be better off going 
> with php.
> 
> >From what Ive seen of php I think I like the way it 
> interacts with html and
> the sql is embedded into the page but Im just not familiar enough with
> either perl or php to make an informed decision.  I do no 
> enough about perl
> to get myself into and out of trouble though.
> 
> Your thoughts would be appreciated
> 
> 
> Adrian Fischer
> 
> 
> 
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