Re: perl to php translation tool?

I was afraid of such answers. My intention was to get rid of a fewperl scripts on our server that were written by external companies, and those companies are pressing to continue to use perl for their cgi's. /dev/brain would be nice, if I could get that node made at those companies.... but it seems like I'm dealing with more like /dev/braindead Such is life... Thanks for the info though! regards Markus On Monday 22 November 2004 14:48, Christophe Chisogne wrote: > Markus Mayer wrote: > > I've searched for a tool that would translate, or at least mostly > > translate, perl scripts into php, unfortunately with no success. > > It's simply impossible. By example, a Perl script handling file uploads > cant be translated automatically : php4 handles file uploads _before_ > the php script gets executed (choosing tmp filename, filling $_FILES etc). > AFAIK PHP can't do everything Perl can (ex download progress), > so automatic translations are not possible unless very simple/specific > cases. > > Some translation problems are > > - very different OO models > - different handling of references > - and, as suggested by Raditha, in Perl, TIMTOWTDI > -- There Is More Than One Way To Do It > > > Does anyone know of any tool that can handle this type of thing? > > /dev/brain :-) > > Christophe