As part of my own learning mysql project I'm planning to build databases for all my books and DVD's. Stephen Hawking is probably a better typist than I am so I plan to use barcodes to get the info ,taking the information from various web sites.
People tell me that PHP is THE way to do database work with mysql. The thing is, I'm familiar with Perl and it has all kinds of neat string manipulation stuff and LWP.
Does PHP have comprable libraries (especially LWP) and how difficult is it to move from Perl.
I hope I don't start a relegious war here I just want some advice.
Mark,
Perl is a much richer (larger) programming language than PHP. PHP is best suited for designing webpages whereas Perl is a more universal tool (you can use it for just about anything). The only advantage of PHP is that it runs faster than Perl which may be important if a lot of people are accessing your web page. But if you are running this application locally on your hard disk (not as a web page), then probably C++ will give you the fastest possible application.
Mike
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