title: Differences between Perl and PHP
body: <p>I'm planning to learn Perl 5 and as I have only used PHP until now, I wanted to know a bit about how the languages differ from each other.</p>
  
  <p>As PHP started out as a set of "Perl hacks" it has obviously cloned some of Perls features.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>What are the main differences in the syntax? Is it true that with Perl you have more options and ways to express something?</p></li>
  <li><p>Why is Perl not used for dynamic websites very often anymore? What made PHP gain more popularity?</p></li>
  </ul>