Perl vs Php

[JTM]

I honestly dont know either perl or php, but which ones better? As some of you know I am trying to make a text based game and need to work with databases and stuff. I have 2 php books and still cant figure out how to make a database work or anything. My friend whos helping me with this also knows nothing. He thought Perl would be easier for databases and stuff. We both dont know anything but which one would be easier to learn and work with?

[sdjl]

If you don't know anything about either language then in theory, either one you could use..
I'm a PHP man personally. Its all about preference and whether you have the patience and time to learn the language, not really what other people think.

It's your choice at the end of the day.

David

[JTM]

well do u know anything on which one would be easier to learn... cause i have 2 php books and honestly i cant code a database.. i dunno what im doing and its sad.. anyone wanna help me?

[openbox]

If you're worried about databases, then you should probably invest in a database/MySQL book I have the book "PHP and MySQL Web Development" and it's a fairly good book IMO. It has quite a few examples and walks you through from the beginning.

[JTM]

I have a book just like that and i copied the database codes from it.. and it doesnt work i think im missing the user password host stuff but i dunno what that is and i tried to figure something out with the stuff on the cpanel but i dont under stand those either.. and one of them i cant login. it says login failed..

[openbox]

Have you successfully created the database in cPanel? Make sure you're using the correct form of the username when logging in to the db (e.g. username_database)

[sdjl]

Might be worth checking that you've also assigned the username you created for the database to the database itself.
That can be done under the MySQL Databases link in cPanel.

Stick with the books and go through them again if you don't understand something. You should start to pick it up. You just need some time and patience to get things moving.

David

[Buddha]

I honestly dont know either perl or php, but which ones better?

I think this depends on how your going to use them.

I think PHP wins out in when it comes to web applications. Perl and PHP maybe able to do the same thing but how they do them is completely different. PHP extenses are compiled machine code while Perl extension (modules) are mostly scripts that need to be compiled at runtime. Big difference.

However, Perl still has many uses besides web applications. I hope you try to learn both.

Whole mess of visual tutorial (one on creating Databases too) for cpanel here:

http://www.scriptwiz.com/tutorials/cpanel-tutorials.php

[KyleC]

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[Jonathan]

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[Buddha]

LOL

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[KyleC]

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[Lucas]

PHP. Speed, Stable, Less CPU Overload, etc.
Sweet girls :P

[Frank Hagan]

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