Re: PHP vs Perl for system scripts (non-web)

Unless you've got a compelling reason to switch to Perl, I wouldn't. I like Perl, but like you have used PHP a lot more often in the last couple of years. Where I find it really nice is when my cron scripts need to use the same libraries as my web scripts... -philip On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Paul Chvostek wrote: > > I have to write a swath of code to manage system-related stuff based on > database content. Scripts will be run as root by cron, and determine > what they have to do via user interaction and SQL lookups. Functions > will include manipulation of system configuration files, legacy text > file configs, and some signalling with posix_kill. On some of the > machines in question, there won't even be an httpd installed, so I'd be > building a php as a standalone binary, and running it with shell magic > and a -q option. I've done this kind of stuff in the past in smaller > environments, and it seems to work nicely. > > I'm more comfortable writing stuff in PHP. I use PHP alot more, and I > find the resultant code more readable and easier to maintain. Aside > from Perl's ubiquity and the dubious advantage of future flexibility by > using Perl's DBI interface to talk to different SQL servers (I'm using > MySQL at the moment), are there any compelling reasons I should write > system stuff in Perl rather than PHP? > > Thanks. > > -- > Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca> > Operations / Abuse / Whatever > it.canada, hosting and development > http://www.it.ca/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >