When Jason says 'especially when your note using the cgi' he means the cgi
version of PHP (I think) in preference to installing PHP as an apache
module.
""Jason Brooke"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Is there any reason why php is better than perl for shopping carts
> > and/or product catalogs?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
>
>
> It's hard to just come out and say that php is better than perl for
shopping
> carts because there's too many factors to take into consideration.
>
> If you were a person who'd never used either, I'd guess that php might be
> better to use because the essential ingredients are pretty much already
> included with php, such as session handling, form and url data processing,
> and a wide variety of database functions.
>
> That's not to say the same things aren't fairly easy to plug right into
perl
> by way of readily-available modules, but it's probably a bit of extra
work,
> especially for the beginner. Someone who already uses perl would likely
have
> libraries for these things already installed/handled anyway though.
>
> I think the syntax might be a little easier to understand in php too,
> although it's sure to be a personal preference thing to a large extent.
>
> To me, the bottom line is go with the one you feel most
> productive/comfortable with. They're both about as cross-platform portable
> as each other (I think?) and both are pretty robust under heavy load,
> especially when you're not using the cgi.
>
> jason
>
>
>
>
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