[Techtalk] PHP tutorials?

[Michelle Murrain]

At 09:55 AM 6/9/2002, Charlotte Oliver wrote:
>Which route should I concentrate on first -- PHP or Perl?  And
>what are some good (free) resources for learning them?

Perl hacker weighing in here. I *love* perl. (I know, that makes me 
unusual). Perl is harder to learn than PHP, I agree, and if it's your first 
programming language, go for PHP. PHP has matured incredibly over the past 
2-3 years. When I frist was making my decision about what web app 
programming language to use, PHP was so much less mature of a language than 
perl, so I chose perl. I think that's changed a lot, and you can do most 
anything with PHP that you can with perl.

However, if you are thinking about doing really complex apps, one of the 
real advantages to perl is the variety of perl modules out there to help 
(like CGI), that means you don't have to reinvent the wheel. I also like 
working with cgi rather than page-based coding, but that's my own 
preference (but you can use PHP for cgi as well).

.Michelle

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