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OK, which is quicker, Perl or PHP.
Assume that PHP is compiled as a CGI module rather than as part of Apache.
I don't know if it matters about the task, if so, what happens on a simple loop that feeds data to the browser, e.g. (in PHP):
for($i=0; $i<=1000; $i++)
{
echo $i . "
";
}
?>
I would test it myself but I can't seem to get a perl script to do it properly - the results of this post will tell me whether it is worth learning perl or just sticking with PHP.
Assume that PHP is compiled as a CGI module rather than as part of Apache.
I don't know if it matters about the task, if so, what happens on a simple loop that feeds data to the browser, e.g. (in PHP):
for($i=0; $i<=1000; $i++)
{
echo $i . "
";
}
?>
I would test it myself but I can't seem to get a perl script to do it properly - the results of this post will tell me whether it is worth learning perl or just sticking with PHP.
Nimco wrote:
> OK, which is quicker, Perl or PHP.
The answer is, depends what website you read. :)
Ask any PHP programmer and they'll swear on their life that PHP is king. :)
However, thats usually blind faith rather than any real knowledge.
For the example you've given, languages makes no difference. I just timed it in both perl and php, the execution speed isn't big enough to measure. I increased the loop size significantly, and perl came out with a smaller speed. Debatable as to whether thats a valid benchmark of course.
Honestly, the speed difference isn't worth worrying about unless you're planning any large scale projects. I'd certainly never choose between the 2 because of speed, maybe perhaps because of more rapid development with PHP, but thats a different question.
-G
> OK, which is quicker, Perl or PHP.
The answer is, depends what website you read. :)
Ask any PHP programmer and they'll swear on their life that PHP is king. :)
However, thats usually blind faith rather than any real knowledge.
For the example you've given, languages makes no difference. I just timed it in both perl and php, the execution speed isn't big enough to measure. I increased the loop size significantly, and perl came out with a smaller speed. Debatable as to whether thats a valid benchmark of course.
Honestly, the speed difference isn't worth worrying about unless you're planning any large scale projects. I'd certainly never choose between the 2 because of speed, maybe perhaps because of more rapid development with PHP, but thats a different question.
-G
PHP most deffinately, I saw an example of how to do something in different languages. C was 4 times bigger than PHP and Perl was twice as big. It does seem a lot quicker.
PHP is almost always faster than PERL in almost all situations, especially when PHP is used as an ISAPI module, as any normal webserver would.
From what I've heard PHP is faster :o).
OK, which is quicker, Perl or PHP.
Assume that PHP is compiled as a CGI module rather than as part of Apache.
I don't know if it matters about the task, if so, what happens on a simple loop that feeds data to the browser, e.g. (in PHP):
for($i=0; $i<=1000; $i++)
{
echo $i . "
";
}
?>
I would test it myself but I can't seem to get a perl script to do it properly - the results of this post will tell me whether it is worth learning perl or just sticking with PHP.
Assume that PHP is compiled as a CGI module rather than as part of Apache.
I don't know if it matters about the task, if so, what happens on a simple loop that feeds data to the browser, e.g. (in PHP):
for($i=0; $i<=1000; $i++)
{
echo $i . "
";
}
?>
I would test it myself but I can't seem to get a perl script to do it properly - the results of this post will tell me whether it is worth learning perl or just sticking with PHP.