I have done my fair share of PHP programming. Honestly, i really like PHP. I really do ... but, the level of programming ability among PHP programmers is much lower than that of Perl programmers. Because PHP is indeed easier to get started with than Perl, it tends to attract less than good programmers. Of course, Perl has it's share of less than good programmer as well, but PHP doesn't have a site like this. :)

Stick around, not only will you learn a lot of Perl here, you will also learn a lot about Web Programming. I recommend that you learn some Perl, learn some PHP ... heck, a little Python won't kill you either. But by no means is Perl dead. Who is your friend? Send him our way and we'll show him just how ridiculously wrong he is. >:)

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)