Well, php was designed basically from the ground-up as a replacement for CGI programming. AFAIK you can do similar things in PERL, but there is alot more to learn. php has an easy learning curve, and seems to be alot more suitable for server sided web programming than PERL. If you are an experienced PERL programmer then you may want to use the Apache PERL module, and do server sided programming with that.
If you are new to server side programming then I would recommend starting with php, due to the easy learning curve. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php for an intro to what php is, and what it can do. HTH Keith Roberts In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. To unsubscribe from this list, please see detailed instructions already posted at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-install&m=114138567814319&w=2 On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Bartis, Robert M (Bob) wrote: > To: 'mos' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mysql@lists.mysql.com > From: "Bartis, Robert M (Bob)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: New to the group > > If you will excuse my ignorance. I have no immediate need for this, but have > often asked what the pros/cons there are writing a WEB based interface in PHP > vs. say Perl. Do you have any insight into that? > > Thanks > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: mos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:39 PM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: New to the group > > > At 08:46 AM 6/22/2006, Nicholas Vettese wrote: > >Hello, > > My name is Nick, and I am a new MySQL user. My hope is not to become a > > PITA, so I will make sure that any question is straight and to the point > > with the information needed to answer the question. > > > > My skill in MySQL is pretty low, and I am looking to build a website > > for myself that will take information and save it to a database. At this > > time, I have a login, registration, change/lost password functionality > > working from a book that I read, but I am looking to expand my knowledge > > into more robust site. I am not looking to become the master programmer, > > just someone with enough knowledge and skill to accomplish his goals. > > > >Thanks, > >Nick > > Welcome Nick, > You've come to the right place. There are a couple of books on > MySQL that are quite good and I'd like to recommend. > > MySQL 3rd Edition by Paul Dubois and MySQL Cookbook by Paul Dubois (I > think these guys are related<vbg>) > > If you are using PHP to build your website I found > PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites : Visual QuickPro Guide (2nd Edition) > (Visual Quickpro Guide) > to be quite good and gets you going quite fast. There's not a lot of > reading to do and they have you writing PHP code the first day. > > If you want a more thorough book on PHP & MySQL there is: > > PHP and MySQL Web Development (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) (Paperback) > by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson > > There are also PHP/Mysql tutorials on the web but I don't know how good > they are. You'll get up to speed faster by getting some of these books. > > Of course if you're not using PHP, then someone else can jump in with some > reading suggestions. > > > Mike -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
