comparison of ASP PHP

When building web sites, ASP and PHP is a very popular language. Here's my opinion on whether ASP or PHP is best

Both ASP and PHP are languages ​​used to build dynamic Web sites that can interact with Databases and exchange information. ASP (Active Server Pages) is from Microsoft and is used with IIS (Internet Information Server) running on Microsoft. PHP (Personal Home Pages) is from Rasmus Lerdorf, who originally designed the language parsing is then modified by different people. It runs on Unix and Linux server and also has a server version of NT.

There are many differences between ASP and PHP.

Cost

To run the program you have IIS installed ASP on Windows Server platform, which is not free. PHP programs run on Linux, which is free. Expensive database connectivity even in the case of ASP as MS-SQL is a product of Microsoft that needs to be purchased. PHP generally uses MySQL, which is freely available.

Accelerate

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

Platform Compatibility

PHP programs can run on various platforms such as Linux, Unix, Windows and Solaris whereas ASP is mainly related to the Windows platform. However, ASP can run on Linux platform with ASP-Apache installed on the server.

Additional Cost

Many tools used in PHP is free of cost and because PHP is open source code can be found in many open source forum. PHP has inbuilt features such as ftp, email from a web page or even encryption mechanisms but in ASP such features are not built in and a few additional components are required. Therefore additional costs incurred for such components.

Base Language

PHP is based on C + + language and syntax used in PHP is very similar to C / C + +. C / C + + programming language is still considered the best by many programmers and people who love this language would surely feel more comfortable with PHP syntax. ASP on the other hand has some sort of Visual Basic syntax over again closely related to Microsoft products only. So, it depends on person-to-people whose language he or she is comfortable

Database Connectivity

PHP, being very flexible, able to connect to various databases, MySQL is the most popular. ASP primarily use MS-SQL.

Conclusion

Both languages ​​have special advantages for the user. Some argue that both languages ​​have their own interests, and depending on user needs to choose a language and platform. If we talk about developing a discussion board then ASP is equally capable, but many feel the best discussion board was developed in PHP. If the user is looking for some e-commerce application development then many will call ASP the ideal choice. This does not mean that PHP can not provide e-commerce solutions, only that many people choose ASP.

From my perspective, PHP is a better choice than the entire ASP.