Perl / MySQL swap to PHP / MySQL ?
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:47 pm
Hi All...
We currently run a site developed in Perl / MySQL. The code has been modified over the last 4 years by various different developers and has become a complete mess. The backend will now be redeveloped, fixing a lot of bugs and adding features.
Searching for developers, it seems there are more PHP developers than Perl. I was therefore wondering if it made sense to swap over to PHP now that we will be starting from scratch.
However, I would like the front end URL's to remain as they are (for search engine / inbound links etc).
Current example URL: http://www.website.com/module.cgi/username
I understand it is possible to hide the .php - but would this affect search engine ranking and/or be a general headache further down the line with future development etc etc?
Sorry for the long winded nature of this post.
Kind regards,
Tom
We currently run a site developed in Perl / MySQL. The code has been modified over the last 4 years by various different developers and has become a complete mess. The backend will now be redeveloped, fixing a lot of bugs and adding features.
Searching for developers, it seems there are more PHP developers than Perl. I was therefore wondering if it made sense to swap over to PHP now that we will be starting from scratch.
However, I would like the front end URL's to remain as they are (for search engine / inbound links etc).
Current example URL: http://www.website.com/module.cgi/username
I understand it is possible to hide the .php - but would this affect search engine ranking and/or be a general headache further down the line with future development etc etc?
Sorry for the long winded nature of this post.
Kind regards,
Tom