Meant the nerdboy thing in a warm and fuzzy way... []/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif[/]<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.linuxpower.org/display.php?id=149" target="_new">http://www.linuxpower.org/display.php?id=149</A><br /><br />I've actually got Perl slated to learn on the horizon, just after another Macromedia product (flash), but am considering Php now. Anyone with experience in both recommend which one to start with? <br /><br /><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.wwwthreads.com/perl/dopoll.pl"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="pollname" VALUE="972025905sixpack69"><br />Which one is better for a beginner?<br /><INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME=option VALUE="1"> Perl<br /><INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME=option VALUE="2"> Php<br /><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="PollSubmit" VALUE="Submit vote" CLASS="buttons"></FORM><br /><br /><br /><br />- Six<br />dave@mythprod.com<br />mYth productions

I voted Perl for 1 reason...<br /><br />PHP might be easier to learn, but not really..... They are both fairly close language wise..... If you only ever plan on using this for the web, then by all means learn PHP..<br /><br />But in the end you will have far more uses with Perl than you will with PHP...<br /><br />Why? Perl isn't just for web apps.. You can write any kind of script with it on just about any OS...<br /><br />With PHP you are pretty much stuck with webpages only..<br /><br />Getting Perl/CGI or mod_perl to work in the start might be a lot harder than figuring out how to use PHP though, but it's worth learning..<br /><br />------------------------------------------------<br />Jeremy 'PeelBoy' Amberg

Actually.. Maybe PHP would be better.. it's easier to get started with.. easier to learn.. but it can still be complex if you want it too.. in the end everything you learn with PHP caries pretty much right over to Perl making it really easy to learn..<br /><br />------------------------------------------------<br />Jeremy 'PeelBoy' Amberg