When building web sites, ASP and PHP Scipts are very popular languages. Here is my opinion on whether ASP or PHP is best

V. PHP ASP

Both ASP and PHP language is used in the construction of Dynamic Web sites that can interact with databases and information exchange. ASP (Active Server Pages) is from Microsoft and is used with IIS (Internet Information Server), which runs on Microsoft Servers. PHP (Personal Home Pages) is from Rasmus Lerdorf, who originally designed this parsing language which was later modified by different people. Do runs on Unix and Linux servers, and also an NT server version.

There are many differences between ASP and PHP.

Cost

To run ASP programs one needs IIS installed on a Windows server platform, which is not free. PHP programs run on Linux, which is free. Even the connection of the database is expensive in the case of ASP as MS-SQL is a Microsoft product should be purchased. PHP MySQL generally uses, which is freely available.

Speed

If you compare the speed of ASP and PHP then PHP has an upper hand. PHP code runs faster than ASP. ASP is built on COM based architecture, which is an overhead for the server and PHP code runs in its own memory space.

Platform Compatibility

PHP programs can run on multiple platforms such as Linux, Unix, Windows and Solaris, while ASP is mainly associated with Windows platforms. However, ASP can run on a Linux platform with ASP-Apache installed on the server.

Additional Costs

Many of the tools used in PHP is free, and by the PHP is open source many code can be found in open source forums. PHP has intrinsic characteristics like ftp, email from a web page or even encryption mechanisms, but in ASP such features are not built in some additional data required. So an additional cost is incurred for such items.

Base Language

PHP is based on C + + language and the syntax used in PHP is quite similar to C / C + +. C / C + +, continues to be the best programming language by many programmers and people who love this language would certainly feel more comfortable with the syntax of PHP. ASP on the other hand, has a more Visual Basic kind of syntax that again is closely related to only Microsoft products. Well, it depends on a person-to-person which language he or she is comfortable

Database Connectivity

PHP, it is extremely flexible, it can be connected to various databases, the most popular is MySQL. ASP mainly uses MS-SQL.

Conclusion

Both languages have their advantages specific to users. Some would argue that both languages have their own importance and depending on the user’s requirements the language and the platform can be chosen. When we talk about developing a discussion board then ASP is equally capable, but many feel the best discussion boards are deployed in PHP. If a user is searching for some e-commerce application development, then many would call ASP the ideal choice. This does not mean that PHP can not provide e-commerce solutions, only that many people choose ASP.

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From my perspective, PHP is an all around better choice than ASP.