ASP or PHP - Which to choose?

[nickole]

Off late I am planning to use ASP.net for my web development,
I was just wondering if ASP.net has an real advantage over PHP.
Please let me know if the ASP advantages out weigh PHP

Nickole

[iatbm]

You would be better off with php, since you can quickly get some support and there are so many scripts out there lo learn from. Just my opinion. And php is sooo easy to learn ... You should start with www.php.net

[imjasmehta]

Hi,

well the advantages are that for the hosting packages php is free and for .NET packages you have to pay for it more as compared to php. PHP is the open source and .net is not open source...

With php you can go for a best combination of mysql database which is also free.

Thanks
J Mehta

[iatbm]

Hi,

well the advantages are that for the hosting packages php is free and for .NET packages you have to pay for it more as compared to php. PHP is the open source and .net is not open source...

With php you can go for a best combination of mysql database which is also free.

Thanks
J Mehta

Yes that is advantage. But it is not only advantage that php is open source. The community that works with php is a lot bigger so any problems you have you can get resolved quickly.

[falco85]

If you are new to both I would choose to start with PHP, for many reasons.
First, it's easy to use. Second it's free and third setting a free apache server is a really easy task. Don't forget to check for "easyPhp" on google if you want a nice suite to make everything work in a short time!

[cybot]

If you are new to both I would choose to start with PHP, for many reasons.
First, it's easy to use. Second it's free and third setting a free apache server is a really easy task. Don't forget to check for "easyPhp" on google if you want a nice suite to make everything work in a short time!

Yeah www.easyphp.org is a nice suite. It helps to setup everything in a short while. They have support forum to help you out. Good site though

[cbdarts]

Guys I'm not sure what our questioner wants...

nickole, are you planning on just starting server side development? If so you should remember PHP and ASP (or ASP.NET for that matter) have very little in common.

PHP is really nice, easy to use and quick to develop in, apart from being free (yes, its been said already...) and its power to integrate with MySQL is something that makes it really handy.

ASP (not .NET) has some advantages too, and it wouldnt hurt to pick up a little of it. Now ASP.NET is totally different from PHP or ASP. It works on the principle of "compilation" - basically it compiles your code to form a DLL file, so while it is hard to program in and learn, its speed can be a deciding factor if you are working with heavy server loads.

I myself use both - PHP and ASP.NET, without bias. If I need a quick script, PHP gets the vote of choice. But if I have a powerful application to be made that does a lot of Data processing, I prefer ASP.NET for its speed and security.

Oh - the security part - a PHP script uploaded on the server can be edited and changed by anyone who has access to it. An ASP.NET DLL file can not be changed by anyone, only someone with the source code for that file can make a DLL that will replace it.

It comes down to choice, really - both have their advantages and disadvantages, so I suggest start with PHP and ASP, and later when you're confident move on to .NET

Chaitanya

[mtajim]

ASP and PHP both are as good in their own place. Both of them have equal good and bad quality. But the problem with Asp is that it is mostly used on windows server which are more costly than linux server and PHP can be used in Linux server. But ASP gives more features than PHP and asp is more robust than PHP

[liam_bleu]

yeah.. i think i would go for php since there are readily made and available codes out there.. and ASP is a novelty to most.. so you wont get consolidation problems.. besides.. PHP has more support forums available compared with ASP..

just wait till ASP becomes the new PHP..

[neprican]

Right said , ASP is way to costly and moreoften you dont get support for ASP in most servers, and for PHP u have lots of support and tons of readily available scripts. So , PHP is more better than Asp