zef — Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:24:11 +0000

Stop! We'd nearly think you guys really thought out which boards to create here

Mark Hensler — Sun, 10 Dec 2000 19:52:46 +0000

I agree with zef, I think PHP is easier to learn.
But then again, there are more people out there who know perl that can help in a pinch.
And that's why we have the 'Other Scripting Languages Help Forums'

fairhousing — Sun, 10 Dec 2000 19:38:20 +0000

yeah, that's a good idea too, just have to get a host that supports php, many do.

zef — Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:37:53 +0000

For people wanting to make their site more dynamic without having to learn the quite difficult to learn perl. I recommend php.

fairhousing — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 03:37:24 +0000

go with perl for ur cgi man. there's tons of info about perl on the web and in books, makes it easy to learn.

Ted Sindzinski — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 02:41:30 +0000

LEt's not confuse the poor kid, cgi isn't written in anything, perl is one language used to make cgi scripts but not the only.

Cgi or common gateway itnerface is just that a interface concept for the web. Cgi scripts can be made with perl, c, tcl, or many other scripts. Perl is normally considered the most common language for cgi scripts but is by no means exclusive.

Generally, the poitn of cgi is to provide a server side application that processes inouted commands. Cgi scripts can interact with databases, utalize server functions like sendmail and much more. Most forms on teh web use cgi to submit, save or run a function.

Unlike javascript and such, cgi runs on the servering application and is not effected by a client's system/speed but instead by the server's power/ space.

fairhousing — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 00:37:21 +0000

cgi is written using perl. it allows u to provide/use more dynamic content on ur site.