On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > > To address the question as it now stands, the answer is, yessir, if > you're already proficient with Perl and have a lot of code already in > place, you absolutely can stick with Perl, and do not need to learn > PHP just to move your data out of text files and into a database. Of > course, your job will be a lot easier if your code is well written in > discreet functions, so that you can just replace those portions which > reach for a text file with new functions that query a database.
And to add to these wise words by David, another good reason to stick with Perl is the DBI/DBD modules. Why? Well as great php is, it sucks when it comes to database abstraction. If you use standard SQL, switching from MySQL to Postgresql (or say Oracle) will be far easier using Perl than php. By all means learn php for your next project. charles _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
