in reply to Compare Perl vs PHP

PHP is strictly a web beast (PHP stands for Personal Home Page)whereas Perl is a more general-purpose animal.

Each has its use. I'm thinking of combining Perl and PHP in one project-- PHP for the front end, Perl for the back.

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Re^2: Compare Perl vs PHP
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 12, 2016 at 03:24 UTC
    No it doesn't. PHP is a recursive acronym that stands for PHP hypertext pre-processor.
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