Archive for May, 2008

This debate has raged on ever since Microsoft launched ASP.net and people to this day argue upon which one is better. To me, frankly, this topic is not debatable at all. Why? The following points, a frank comparison between PHP and ASP.net will tell you =)

For starters, PHP (Pre-Hypertext Processor) and ASP.net (Active Server Pages) are both server side scripting languages used over the internet for creating dynamic web applications.

When taking on a project, there are a number of aspects that the owner needs to consider, cost and support being two important ones of those factors.

PHP is open source, free of cost, and with a huge community with open support. ASP.net is a Microsoft product, costs you to have a Windows NT platform, the Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and configured etc.

1. PHP is a relatively simpler language to use than ASP.net. I’ve often noticed that a program written in PHP requires fewer lines of code and steps to follow as compared to ASP.net. Initially, PHP was written in the C programming language to replace a set of scripts in Perl. That is the reason why coding in PHP remains simple even today.

ASP.net, being a relatively new offering from Microsoft, has many options when it comes to languages. Here, you can use languages such as C#, J#, C++ and VB.net. Hence, when it comes to choice, ASP.net has more to offer. But PHP is no less, since it can do its task quite well, even with its minimum language tools.  (more…)