PHP Language - Re: Why PHP instead of Perl?

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Re: Why PHP instead of Perl?

Bob McConnell

2007-06-24, 3:58 am

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:53:17 GMT, jdoerr <jdoerr@verizon.com> wrote:

>Hey, that's the question. I know Perl, so should I learn PHP? I've not
>yet read anything on php.net that tells me.
>
>Thank you,
>-jc

If you are writing scripts for command line use or cron jobs, then
Perl is better at this point. However, if you are writing web pages
with CGI scripts, then you want to take a close look at PHP. It was
designed to create dynamic HTML.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP

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