Perl/php question

[stumpy]

Hi,

 

I can program Perl but now I'm learning php. Are functions to php as subroutines are to Perl.

 

For example I often start scripts in Perl with a choice

 

if ($input{'action'} eq "add") {&add}

if ($input{'action'} eq "delete") {&delete}

 

 

etc, etc

 

In php would it be good architecture to start do something similar

 

if ($input{'action'} eq "add") {function add()}

 

I appreciate your thoughts.

[khunsanuk]

Hi,

 

Not certain if you can use 'eq', but other than that it looks pretty okay. Don't forget to add a semi-colon after the function call though.

 

I would write the line like this:

 

if ($input == "add") { function add(); }

 

Also, not quite certain what you mean with $input{'action'}

 

Sanuk!

 

[stumpy]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the answer. Not finding the switch from Perl to php as easy as I thought...

 

The $input{'action'} is a commonly used way of parsing user input in Perl and reading it into a hash (array to you) and refering to the elements.

 

SD.

 

[khunsanuk]

Hi,

 

"Not finding the switch from Perl to php as easy as I thought..."

Strange, it took me only a couple of hours to get going with PHP.

Of course the fact that I had already programmed in about 7-8 other languages helped

 

"The $input{'action'} is a commonly used way of parsing user input in Perl and reading it into a hash (array to you) and refering to the elements."

Ah, arrays in PHP are written like this: $array{0} or $array{"identifier"}

 

(The {} should be square, but I think the board won't let me)

 

Sanuk!

 

[gobbledonk]

Gentlemen,

 

There are at least half a million sites dedicated to PHP, and I believe this is the best for code snippets AND an illustration of good coding style :

 

PHP Builder

 

As KS mentioned, PHP is normally pretty easy for anyone from a Perl (or C or Java or ...) background, although I did find their implementation of multidimensional hashes to be a little less intuitive than Perl's. Cant beat PHP for speed , though - it absolutely rocks.

 

Enjoy.

[khunsanuk]

Hi,

 

"Cant beat PHP for speed , though - it absolutely rocks."

I agree. At the office we use mostly ASP, but I *much* prefer PHP. Can't really put my finger on it, but it just feels so much more natural.

I don't think I could have written the bargirl game in 9 days if I had tried using ASP.

 

Sanuk!