I have to agree with the Anonymous Monk. The functions are outstanding, the regex ability is great in v4, and it's got a pretty steady learning curve (well, as far as I've gotten with it). The reason I don't use it more is that there is very little call for it in any of my jobs. Also, you just can't beat CPAN. Don't ditch perl, because there are too many applications and sites that use it. Don't ditch PHP either, because there are too many sites that ought to be using it but aren't, and you might make a good evangelist for it. (Especially if you ever have to deal with sites that use stupid proprietary stuff that make you wanna tear your hair out every couple of weeks. But monks aren't supposed to have hair, right?)

e-mail neshura

In reply to Re: php? by neshura
in thread php? by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.