[wplug] Need suggestions

[Evan DiBiase]

Christopher,

Even though I haven't worked much with perl, it seems like it is very 
powerful and versatile. I do quite a bit of work with PHP, however, and 
do find it to be an excellent language for doing web/database stuff. If 
you haven't already, check out PHP's online documentation 
(http://www.php.net/manual/en/); it's pretty easy to get a good idea of 
how PHP works from php.net, especially if you've used another language. 
If you want a more thorough introduction to PHP (with a somewhat 
database-centric focus), I suggest "PHP Essentials" by Julie Meloni 
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076152729X/).

That said, if you're looking to learn a language that will have 
wide-ranging applications, I wouldn't suggest moving toward PHP 
initially. It is geared almost completely for web-based stuff, and 
doesn't have nearly the flexibility and general power of a perl or 
python.

-Evan

On Saturday, October 20, 2001, at 09:31 AM, Romano, Christopher wrote:

> Well, I don't know perl or PHP.  I was planning on learning whatever I
> choose.  Can you use SQL statements with PHP or Perl?  Being able to 
> uses
> these scripts on the console isn't really important to me.  Here is some
> more info about it.  The reason for doing this isn't for me to use that
> database and web access really.  I want to design a web services for 
> some
> guy out in California.  It is basically a tracking system that he can 
> run
> report from.  He is a snake breeder and want to be able to compare data
> between different snakes.  So, I don't want this as an app.
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