use Perl

• If I have to... (Score:1)

  by sigzero (5768)

  I always use Smarty as well: http://smarty.php.net/ [php.net]
  • Re:If I have to... (Score:1)

    by chaoticset (2105)

    Looks nifty; I'll have to try it out. :)

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• Be prepared (Score:2)

  by Juerd (1796)

  Please read http://tnx.nl/php [tnx.nl], so you are mentally prepared. PHP is not like the two other languages that start with P, nor like the language that starts with R. It's a bit like the language that starts with J, but tries to look like the language of which the name of animal on the cover of its most famous book starts with C, though less OO.
  
  The document on tnx.nl provides handy tables, useful for Perl programmers that have to work with PHP. One table helps you to pick the right string matching function, and
  • Re:Be prepared (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    Aww, it quotes me!

    I’ve written about PHP separately as well [plasmasturm.org].
  • Re:Be prepared (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    Also, the links to PHP: A love and hate relationship by Ivan Ristic [webkreator.com] and PHP Annoyances by Neil de Carteret [n3dst4.com] are both 404. But the latter is can be found mirrored at lumphammer.net [lumphammer.net], now.

    (I’d try to talk to the webmaster directly, but the page lists no contact address of any form. I hope you have some way to get in touch with whoever runs it.)
    • Re:Be prepared (Score:2)

      by Juerd (1796)

      Thank you.
    • Re:Be prepared (Score:1)

      by chaoticset (2105)

      Gotta love the Wayback Machine -- Ivan's address is his first name and last initial plus that domain, and the contact email for the Annoyances page is contact at its domain.

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      • Re:Be prepared (Score:1)

        by Aristotle (5147)

        I meant whoever runs tnx.nl [tnx.nl], not Ivan.
        • Re:Be prepared (Score:1)

          by chaoticset (2105)

          Blargh. My bad, only half-reading things I respond to...

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• Ruby's R is P with tail (Score:1)

  by mr_bean (3802)

  At YAPC::Asia, ingy told Matz that the R in
  Ruby was a P which had grown a long tail, and
  Matz put it in his blog.
  http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/20060330.html [rubyist.net]