> People tell me that PHP is THE way to do database work with mysql. > The thing is, I'm familiar with Perl and it has all kinds of neat > string manipulation stuff and LWP.
People have opinions. My personal opinion, but I think of PHP as Perl with all the warts filed off, but I also think they filed off a little too much. Most of the cutting edge development is still done in Perl, and the rought edges still show in places, and I think that's part of the reason many people prefer PHP. If you are just starting out with MySQL, I don't think you're going to find yourself playing with cutting edge libraries, however. If you know Perl, PHP is not going to be hard to pick up. But if you don't have a customer speccing PHP, go ahead and use Perl to learn MySQL so you aren't learning too many things at once. When you get a chance to pick up PHP and find yourself wondering where some library is, look at Pear (pear.php.net). Pear isn't CPAN, but it is becoming the umbrella project for libraries for PHP. Perl 6 and PHP 5 will have some rather drastic changes, which I am looking forward too. And Java can profitably be used with MySQL, and PostGreSQL can be mixed in at will, and ... -- Joel Rees, programmer, Systems Group Altech Corporation (Alpsgiken), Osaka, Japan http://www.alpsgiken.co.jp -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
