Php VS Asp

Hi which is better for a quick start Php or Asp. They both produce the same results. So which is better?

 

i think both have strengths and weaknesses, but having bias since i love PHP, i vote for... well PHP

 

In my opinion, PHP is better because it is supported across many platforms. Though, both are quite easy to learn and are similar.

 

I also support php, as when i started to learn ASP, i left it and now i know too much php.

 

I think asp is quicker. I try installing php and the procedure is so difficult. I got my asp running already with one click installation from microsoft. And my web pages visible on my desktop. However there are more free webhosts supporting php.

 

If you are talking about php -v- classic ASP then I would go for PHP

If you are talking about PHP -v- ASP.Net then I would say that .Net hands down as it is quicker to develop, quicker to run and more powerful out of the box

 

They both suck. Use HTML...

Peace,

 

I like the php and html and javascript combo...put these together and you can make a great site

 

PHP is better, because...
1. PHP is free
2. PHP has better community support than ASP
3. PHP has native support for MySQL
4. Many many free add-ons
5. Hosting is cheap
6. PHP5 is Object Oriented
7. PHP is faster

 

1) The vast majority of PCs have windows which is all you require to run ASP so there is no additional cost
2) Yes, PHP does have a greater community
3) ASP supports MySQL without any problems as well as plenty of other SQL servers
4) There are free add-ons for .Net however it has a lot more out of the box than PHP, surely this is better?
5) In most cases there is no price difference in hosting between the two esp if it is with MySQL rather than MS SQL
6) .Net is true OOP
7) .Net is precompiled and certainly faster both for programming and running

 

i think for the start Asp.net is more easy because u can use the Visual Studio IDE

 

I have to disagree with both statements.

For no.5 If you are talking about VPS or dedicated it's true that there is almost no difference. However if you are talking about shared hosting, then, most cases windows hosting is more expensive. Sometimes it's double in priced with the same disk space and bandwidth. I know, because I've done a research on this. Furthermore, some windows hosting support MSSQL only, and Microsoft charge databases per license and per users, so basically the hosting is charging it down to the customers. Making it terribly expensive compared to linux/unix hosting.

For no.7 Most .net are poorly programmed (don't know why) I mean it just can't extend beyond the framework. I guess this is the fault of the programmers skills. Thus, most .net runs heavier than php because it needs to pass the framework. Believe me that is an extra load to a server, especially if you are not using dedicated. Thus, you can't get the max power of your hosting.

 

choosing is hard
asp is good but when you go advanced you will see how poor is it!!
php is so good and when you go advanced you will see how Ritch is it

i have two portals i program them with my hands :
1- asp portal: Example>> http://www.e-msjed.com
2- php sub_portal: Example>> http://www.pf4it.com
give me your comments

 

I use both but my vote is for PHP

 

I would maintain that in most cases there is little difference in hosting prices. Yes there are some hosts that do over charge for Windows hosting but then why go for them? Look at some of the big hosts, and whilst I wouldnt recommend using them the likes of Go Daddy dont charge any differently for *nix or Windows. The days of large price differences went a few years ago - windows servers are more expensive but *nix are more popular so general rules of supply and demand have equaled out their pricing.

Think most is a bit harsh but I agree that a lot of sites could be programmed better both in .net and php. You cannot blame poor programming on the programming language though, if you did then you could easily blame php for being so much more tolerant of errors in code and therefore storing up issues for the future, displaying source code due to miss configuration of the server etc.

 

asp seems to perform better on Windows while php seems to perform better on linux. This is just my opinion.

 

That was a good one.
Would you post the HTML script that connects to the database.

 

PHP all the way.
Because there are vast amount of scripts available on PHP platform, such as Forums, CMS, shopping Carts etc etc

 

PHP is more popular for small sites and open source communities. With the number of available scripts out there, if you want to put up a site quickly, PHP is certainly my first choice.

However, if you are a large corporation, starting a large project, usually ASP.net is your better choice. Not because its better, but rather it is a commercial product, it has better customer/technical support for Microsoft. A more complete platform presented to you as a solution.

Think of it this way, if you are a programmer, when you get a difficult problem, would you rather blame on PHP or just tell your boss you are still waiting answers from Microsoft technical support :_)

So I would say both programs are good, they just fit different user groups.

 

I don't blame the skills. I blame .NET Framework. It's heavy. The server needs to "execute" twice, the framework and then the resulted codes from framework. If you compare sites with 100,000 visitors monthly (which is very normal) between php vs .NET, those with .net will take more bandwidth and heavier execution. With 500,000 visitors monthly, it would might break down on shared hosting.

You can feel this when you are with dial up. .net is heavy. Those msn.com and microsoft official websites are crazily heavy on dial up compared those with the same function on PHP.