Which is the Best, Perl or PHP I?

Which Is the Best One to Begin with?

[webgaya]

I am a totally new comer for server side scripting
and I want to learn it because of its high functionality.
Which language is best to begin with? Perl or PHP?

Any recomendation for resources to begin with is highly
appreciated.

[JohnKelly]

It depends on what you want to do. For code embedded into web pages, PHP is the way to go.

Perl is best used to process text (that is what is was orignially design to do). So if you have to do some number-crunching or whatever on a database, use Perl.

I learned web programming on Perl, but later moved to PHP for 90% of what I need.

[jatar_k]

if you decide on PHP then look through this thread
Learning PHP - Books, Tutorials and Online Resources [webmasterworld.com]

[webgaya]

Thank you all.