Question

I need to create a script which will parse some data from a url and then insert it into a database. I was wondering whether a perl cgi script or a php script is more suited for this purpose. I would have to run this script every ten minutes or so.

Answer 1

Either PHP or Perl will do the job just fine. I’d send you in the direction of PHP just because it’s easier to use out of the box and has a lot more examples geared toward people just getting started.

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