Re: [PHP] PHP vs Perl for system scripts (non-web)

2003-01-28 Thread Chris Hayes
I'm more comfortable writing stuff in PHP. I use PHP alot more, and I find the resultant code more readable and easier to maintain. Aside from Perl's ubiquity and the dubious advantage of future flexibility by using Perl's DBI interface to talk to different SQL servers (I'm using MySQL at the

Re: [PHP] PHP vs Perl for system scripts (non-web)

2003-01-28 Thread Maxim Maletsky
Paul Chvostek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... : I have to write a swath of code to manage system-related stuff based on database content. Scripts will be run as root by cron, and determine what they have to do via user interaction and SQL lookups. Functions will include manipulation of system

[PHP] PHP vs Perl for system scripts (non-web)

2003-01-27 Thread Paul Chvostek
I have to write a swath of code to manage system-related stuff based on database content. Scripts will be run as root by cron, and determine what they have to do via user interaction and SQL lookups. Functions will include manipulation of system configuration files, legacy text file configs,