gunzip has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Can anyone point to or provide a list of Perl modules which would provide most of what PHP has to offer? I'm aware of the Mason/Embperl/CGI::Application alternatives. It's more the modules for matching the PHP function groups that I'm after. I've seen one short Perl/PHP comparison list but it only contained a few language/syntax comparisons. It's a module list I'm after.

Update. To be more specific, I had this subset of PHP in mind:

20040908 Edit by ysth: change title from Perl module list to match PHP function groups

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Re: List of Perl modules corresponding to PHP function groups?
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Aug 30, 2004 at 11:21 UTC
    Just what are php function groups? I'd think this would cover it :D
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    A few gui toolkits are missing from the list (Prima, SDL_Perl), but thats only because I don't usually install those :) I am leaving out most things CORE ( http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.8.5/   http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/perl ).

    update: I switched all the links to use the kobes mirror. And i had to remove the version numbers to do that (sigh).

    Also not listed are the various database drivers, but those are listed under http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/DBD/. Everything else found at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ (that's what you're talking about , i guess) can be found by searching cpan (but you knew that :).

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      Everything else found at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ (that's what you're talking about , i guess) can be found by searching cpan (but you knew that :)

      There isn't a simple one-to-one PHP function set <-> Perl module translation. That's why I'm asking someone who knows CPAN and Perl webdev better than I do.

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        Perhaps start maintaining such a list yourself, and ask for comments and specifically about the ones you can't find.
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      Thanks, PodMaster. Much appreciated.
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Re: List of Perl modules corresponding to PHP function groups?
by perlfan (Parson) on Aug 30, 2004 at 13:53 UTC
    Perl doesn't attempt to include everything and the kitchen sink into the 'language'. I like PHP, but Perl's built in functions are rather minimal compared to PHP's "include everything" approach - no offense of course. As stated above, CPAN is the best place to get any add-ons.
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      I'm not comparing Perl to PHP. I just want to compile an equivalent set of Perl modules for PHP's main function groups (as listed). However, I don't know the details of CPAN well enough to decide whether a given module maps, feature-wise, with a PHP function group. 'Thought there might be some Perl Monks who have been around long enough to help instead of telling me to simply go to CPAN.
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        There is no such list to my knowledge, but it sounds like a very useful advocacy tool to have. It's something I could imagine taking the time to build, but I'm wary of promising anything as my todo list is already much longer than my allotment of tuits.

        Makeshifts last the longest.

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        I understand. Question: do you need *all* of these things blindly? I would suggest a piecemeal approach - install only what you need when you need it....although a matrix showing the "equivalencies" could be useful...
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Re: List of Perl modules corresponding to PHP function groups?
by Arunbear (Prior) on Aug 31, 2004 at 07:41 UTC
    CPAN does have a (tiny) PHP namespace. There are also the CGI::WebIn and CGI::WebOut modules which take a PHP-ish approach to CGI.
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