I am a Python programmer and I'm thinking about learning PHP, which is similar to C++ (quite
different from Python). I want to start writing web applications. Do you think if I learn
PHP I'll develop faster? Does PHP have more features? How about the speed of execution? What
are the pros and cons? Our server can run both Python, Perl and PHP, so I have the choice.
Thanks for your opinion,
<rant topic="php"> I loosed 2 hours this morning debugging PHP code. There were 2 problems.
The first one was a typo in the name of a variable ($actegories instead of $categories). Instead of raising an exception, this b**d "programming language" (err...) just created a new variable with a NULL value. Doh :-(
The second one was about array concatenation/union. I had used the "+" operator instead of the array_merge() function.
Read the PHP doc about the "+" operators for arrays and the array_merge() function (don't forget that PHP uses the same construct for arrays and mappings - doh). Then imagine yourself programming PHP, and ask yourself if you'll really develop faster with such a braindead quick&dirty hack for language.
</rant>
PHP-is-VB-for-the-web-ly'yrs
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