Posted by Tom on 06/26/07 18:05

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:22:26 GMT, Fat Sam wrote...
>
>jdoerr wrote:
>> Hey, that's the question. I know Perl, so should I learn PHP? I've
>> not yet read anything on php.net that tells me.
>
>How about personal betterment?
>
>Until recently, I've worked almost exclusively in ASP, but recently I took
>on a job that required me to start learning PHP too.
>I now have two languages I can list on my CV instead of the one I had
>before.
>
>For what it's worth, the site I'm currently working on is using a
>combination of ASP and PHP pages, and even a little touch of javascript.
>I'm having great fun making the different languages pass variable values
>backwards and forwards between themselves.
>
>


PHP has quite a few similarities to Perl so if you are comfortable programming
in Perl, then PHP should be straight forward. Since you can't predict the
environment you'll be working in, it wouldn't hurt to learn both in case you're
restricted to one or the other on different projects.

Tom
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