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My admin wont install PHP.... help!

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:16 am
by Frederick
Hi all,

Im trying to get our server admin to install PHP on the machine we have at work, we have Perl, and that was installed after a lot of convincing, and that was without write permissions until a short time ago (over a year).

I need a few good arguments for installing PHP, any ideas?

My basic arguement is that while Perl is great, PHP is not as heavy with some types of programming and that pages can be very dynamic.

thanks for any suggestions.

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 2:15 pm
by Stoker
there are many reasons not to install PHP, depending a lot on what the server is for and who has user accounts on it.. If there are hundreds of users and the server has public accessible pages and also contains or proviides interface to sensitive info installing PHP for anyone to create pages on their own may not be smart.. Perl requires some skills and uinderstanding in order to make stuff happen, PHP doesn't require much at all to let someone create what they think is cool that the rest of the world can exploit to get other information from the server or hosts behind it..

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:01 pm
by volka
then perl is "security by obscurity" by itself? 8)

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 3:06 pm
by Frederick
I could easily create s Perl program that has a million security holes in it, that isnt the issue. The PHP will not be handling anything that is top security. I need to do some front end dynamic work, and have the Perl work in the background.