PHP or ASP ?

[John2]

Hello friends,
Which will you prefer to use for your site and why ? also which one is more strong than the other if you know something about like that? Php or ASP ?

Thanks,
John.

[sjaguar13]

ASP is Microsoft's proprietary language. You need a Windows host to use it properly. ASP 6.0 and below are all VBScript. ASP.Net has some cool features, but it's not worth the hassle of finding a supporting host. It's also designed to be used with Access, Microsoft's database.

PHP is an open source, platform-independent language that was design to work with MySQL, an open source database server. There is a lot more support because of that and it works on any host.

I prefer PHP on my site because it's not a Windows host, so I can't run ASP. PHP and ASP are pretty similar functional wise. MySQL is better than Access for larger databases. You can use MySQL with ASP, but I would rather stick to the complete open source package and use PHP.

[cantstraferight]

Im completely undecided

I know a little php

And im just learning to use asp at college (just started thursday)

I like asp because i know vb and vbscript

but i have some feeling that php is the better languge to use.

[John2]

Originally Posted by sjaguar13

ASP is Microsoft's proprietary language. You need a Windows host to use it properly. ASP 6.0 and below are all VBScript. ASP.Net has some cool features, but it's not worth the hassle of finding a supporting host. It's also designed to be used with Access, Microsoft's database.

PHP is an open source, platform-independent language that was design to work with MySQL, an open source database server. There is a lot more support because of that and it works on any host.

I prefer PHP on my site because it's not a Windows host, so I can't run ASP. PHP and ASP are pretty similar functional wise. MySQL is better than Access for larger databases. You can use MySQL with ASP, but I would rather stick to the complete open source package and use PHP.

If PHP use MySQL and ASP use MS Access then where MSSQL is used ? Or Access is the second name of MSSQL ? Or Both are capable to be used with ASP only ?

[etali]

I prefer PHP just because Linux hosting is cheaper than Windows hosting. Its more universally used, and easier to find third party scripts for.

[sjaguar13]

Originally Posted by John

If PHP use MySQL and ASP use MS Access then where MSSQL is used ? Or Access is the second name of MSSQL ? Or Both are capable to be used with ASP only ?

Pretty much any language can be used with any database, but there was one the language was intended to be used with.

[FaTTzZO]

i go with PHP 'cuse its linux (im linux Fan) well actually all open source programs or languages.

anyhow... for me all languages are the same, just change on few calls, but the base its the same. so if you learn to code PHP you will learn: Ajax, Java, Pearl, and so on. pretty fast

[bigfatguy6969]

I've used both. My brother knows ASP, so I often use that. But there's alot free help with PHP. Ive used both, and I like both. =P

[Helan]

I prefer PHP, Since Asp does not support data base.