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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/22/07 12:28
Cate Archer wrote:
> Is PHP the most popular server side scripting language? Should I learn
> it instead of Pearl or Python? Are Pearl and Python for basically the
> same purposes as PHP?
>
> I want to have a few pages on my site with forms written in XHTML so
> that people can fill in these forms and then I want the info to be
> emailed to me. Should I use PHP to process those forms on the server
> and email the data to me?
>
> TIA
I wouldn't say it's the most popular. I suspect there is more Perl (not
Pearl) out there just because Perl has been around longer. But I've
never seen any independent statistics to indicate which language is the
most popular.
But popularity shouldn't even be considered when choosing a language.
Rather, you should be looking at the job which needs to be done, the
resources available, and the availability of any additional resources.
In your case PHP will do the job, and there are lots of PHP programmers
who can help, or you can learn it yourself. Additionally, your web host
probably supports PHP (if it doesn't, find another host!).
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