> Original question was:
>
> >I´m new with perl. I need to write a program that reads data
> out of a
> >form sent via internet and is able to interpret the data. I have
> >written the form in html.
>
> It's partly bcs it's written in English. I know that sounds
> like Visual Basic. But the queryist is a beginner.
>
> The alternative programming language uses a config setting to
> deal with apostrophe's in form input and a function to escape
> them. But that's a detail....
>
> > Yeah right have yiu even used param in CGI.
>
> No. That's partly the point. I wouldn't even know where to
I told him how to use it,
use CGI qw(param);
print "Hello ".param('name');
> find it. But it sounded like he needed some help on the
> general sort of thing that goes on in reading data out of a
> HTML form etc. Since he couldn't even write a good subject
> line, it's unlikely he could write his question correctly either.
>
> As further posts have explained, a comparison between the two
> languages does throw up important points, which wouldn't be
> there if we're all pressurised to not mention the other language.
No pressure, mentioning it isn't so bad, what gets my panties in a bunch is the "How
do you
do this with Perl" and the "You use PHP and while we're at it here's why it is
so great" response. I just want Perl to be discussed on a Perl list instead of PHP. I'd
expect the same if I was on a PHP list asking how to do such and such with PHP.
I don't subscribe to any PHP lists however because it sucks, much like Micorsoft.
That's only my opinion of course so it doesn't mean much. It goes to my same
argument I posted a few weeks ago:
PHP developers use html and css to make nice *looking* things. Then people see
that nice looking stuff and assume PHP is awesome because it looks so great,
while the looks have nothgin to do with PHP but with html and css.
PHP is a pain to administer on a server, if anyone is recommending alternat
elanguages I'd say give moto a try.
http://projectmoto.org/
It's a pretty new, developing language but it has it's up sides like PHP but without
the
PHP bloat ego crap.
Ok I swear I'm done ranting, no more posts I swear!! :)
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