in reply to The complicated problem

There are many things wrong with your post.

First of all, this is a Perl web site. Asking for help translating a piece of code *away* from Perl isn't going to get you many takers.

Secondly, this web site is a repository of Perl knowledge, thus a *useful* title is very important. A node title of 'The complicated problem' doesn't mean anything to anyone.

Thirdly, do you imagine that posting over *a thousand* lines of Perl would be useful to anyone? Do you expect someone's going to translate *the whole thing* to PHP for you? That sounds like a consulting engagement to me.

Fourthly, does your employer (or, presumably, the owner of this intellectual property) know that you've posted a big chunk of their code on a public forum?

Fifth, why would you join a site and then immediately ask such a thing? Why not join, hang out for a while, and then start asking questions? You've done the equivalent of bursting into a room and blurting out a question.

Read the site documentation and get a clue, please.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds