What is the best way to go about CGI programming?

[doug]

Would you say PHP is better than PERL? What can you do with other programming languages? etc. Any sources?

 

[adsims2001]

Perl is more useful for processing text or scripting in general, but isn't fit to handle massive amounts of traffic (like on a corporate website...)

PHP was designed to work in extremely high-traffic environments. As many have said, PHP employs many built-in functions to access form data, HTTP headers, MySQL and other databases, etc.

PHP is also much easier to learn than any programming language I have ever tried.

 

[injanier]

Perl is a general purpose language, and is more flexible and powerful than PHP. However, PHP is written specifically for web programming and has simpler commands for many common tasks (reading forms input, sending mail, interfacing with MySQL, etc.). I think it's probably easier to start with PHP.

 

[Steph☺]

doing a course doesnt help much. Try reading some books.