ASP, PHP or JSP
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I'm not very familiar with the specs of JSP. From my research, it's basically a server based Javaish language. At the roots, all the languages are the same, just different syntax. The thought process is always going to be similar.
ASP - A lot of people argue that PHP is free. Well, so is ASP once you have the web server loaded. It's built into IIS. You're not going to be paying any money for "ASP" itself. The operating system that it's included in is commercial (ie Windows Servers).
I tend to prefer ASP myself. Using VBScript as my scripting language, I can easily migrate my knowledge to application programming as well as web. I think that's a huge advantage. Microsoft is also very good about documentation.
PHP - Since the web server that would commonly run this is Linux, and it's open source, it will appear as a cheaper solution. Again, this depends on the server environment, because if the servers are NT based, you're going to using PHP for Windows which is still free, but so is ASP in this aspect so no real advantage.
I believe PHP, like most "underdogs" gains a lot popularity because it's not under the name like Microsoft.
In any case, it comes down to you. I don't believe that any of the languages are really better than one another. Just preference and environment.
Note: As far as working with Flash, XML is the best for data interpretation from the research I have done, and XML can be controlled with any server side scripting language.