There's a way to do most things
in most languages. The above is the PHP docs on the function he was asking about.

perl is certainly powerful, but due to being processed inline, I think PHP might be more suited to this type of work. It's not a matter of better or worse, but different means to an end.
( Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Wed 8 Sep 2004, 20:13, archived)