Personally, i would love a PHP to Perl tutorial, and i have really considered writing one myself (or it's counterpart - PHP for Perl coders). PHP, for those who have not written web apps with it yet, can actually be nice. But ultimately i feel that PHP offers power to those who are not ready for it yet - it is just too easy to shoot your head off with PHP, especially if you have register_globals = 1 in your php.ini file (which i'll wager most sites unknowingly or uncarringly do). It does have PEAR, but PEAR is no CPAN. I can't remember who said it, but i believe that PHP really is not a scripting language ... it is a templating system. The fact that you can write shell scripts in PHP is merely a convenience - PHP was meant for the web.
Like simon.proctor said, PHP enthusiasts are not going to like the slower CGI model - a tutorial would really have to delve into mod_perl to show the real power of Perl over PHP (and hence, graduates the 'tutorial' to a more advanced audience). I feel that the majority of PHP's audience are simply not ready that power or too reluctant to give Perl a fair chance. How many PHP programmers actually use preg instead of ereg? Ugh ... now i am starting to change my mind. :)Off topic: have you perused the PHP Cookbook yet? Essential for any PHP coder's library.
jeffa
L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)
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by jeffa
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