Re: PHP, Zend, & mod_perl

[André Bjärby]

Ken Gunderson wrote:

> Greets All:
>
> About this time a year or so ago I inquired about php vs perl/mod_perl use
> with MySQL.  There was healthy debate and I concluded it was about split,
> with PHP having advantages in ease of use and mod_perl in speed and
> capabilities.  During the ensuing year PHP has added to it's feature list
> and grown ever more popular.   One doesn't seem hear much about mod_perl
> lately.  PHP enthusiasts have been know to speculate that Zend/PHP4 will
> accelerate PHP's popularity into the stratosphere and all but eliminate the
> use of Perl for web programming.  Still, the mod_perl and Apache API are
> well proven paths.  So I repose my question of a year ago and ask the gurus
> to once more elaborate a bit about the relative merits of each and where we
> are today on these issues.
>

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Mod_perl can be used to extend all phases of Apache (URI translation, access
control, authorization, logging etc), which I don't think PHP can.