[PHP] Re: PHP and Perl

2005-07-23 Thread Jasper Bryant-Greene
Linda H wrote: I am needing to write a front end for an online application written in Perl. Is there a way for PHP to call a module or function written in Perl? Firstly, please don't reply to existing threads with a completely new topic. For those of us that use threaded newsreaders, your

[PHP] Re: PHP vs PERL - thanks

2004-04-22 Thread David Scott
I'm currently getting my feet wet with Perl and PHP. It's good many people replied with it's your preference so as not to get into a flame war and to remain open about the matter. However, I don't see that as being very helpful because Perl !== PHP, obviously. Here's what I've come across so

[PHP] Re: PHP vs Perl for system scripts (non-web)

2003-01-27 Thread Alex
If you like php better, i'd stick with it; however, for almost all of my un-web-related stuff, i use perl. i'm pretty sure they would run at about the same speeds/efficency. Paul Chvostek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I have to write a swath of

[PHP] Re: PHP vs Perl for system scripts (non-web)

2003-01-27 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Unless you've got a compelling reason to switch to Perl, I wouldn't. I like Perl, but like you have used PHP a lot more often in the last couple of years. Where I find it really nice is when my cron scripts need to use the same libraries as my web scripts... -philip On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Paul

[PHP] Re: PHP and Perl script in same file?

2001-08-18 Thread Richard Lynch
Can php and perl code reside in the same file? When the document is served up it parses the PHP and then the Perl? No. Apache does not allow stacked handlers. Actually, Apache 2.0 was to offer this feature, IIRC. Dunno if it made it through the process though... http://apache.org --

[PHP] Re: PHP vs Perl Question

2001-07-18 Thread Tom Malone
I haven't been to Barnes Noble yet, so I'm not sure if I will get the O'Reilly or the Wrox book yet, but supposing I went with O'Reilly, I wonder which would be better: Learning Perl 3rd Edition, or Learning Perl on Win32 Systems? I don't have much experience with Unix or Linux (minimal), but on

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs Perl Question

2001-07-18 Thread Francis Fillion
Well then, maybe you don't have/need to learn perl, perl is a pretty good language for system administration of any sort, if you were on Unix/Linux well yes of course but on WIndows. I think the better things for you is to learn PHP and know everythings about it. If you have to use time for php