ASP vs PHP
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The best tool is always the one you know.
Delivering is everything and you should always use the tool that will make you successful.
That being said, my choice is PHP. I come from a background of Perl and C, which made the move to PHP very easy. Although I have used ASP on a number of projects, I feel that it obviously lacks in many of the departments that PHP excels in. That added with the huge and helpful PHP user community and a practically endless supply of free classes, extensions and code examples, make PHP a powerhouse of a development tool. PHP is also much more expandable than ASP and can easily employ the use of code written in C, C++, and Java as well as compiled modules to cut down on run-time CPU usage. The PEAR repository (http://pear.php.net) also makes life with PHP much easier by creating coding standards and web-based module installation for many frequently needed core code objects such as database abstraction and error handling.
ASP’s power lies in it’s controlled OS dependant environment, purchased modules and interaction with external applications. This makes it a poor choice for building portable web applications, and limits your client-base. To be brutally honest, ASP is a language that was slapped together using out-of-date MS technologies, and the only reason that it is even used, is because any idiot can build up an NT box and pay $250.00 per hour for someone to walk them through fixing their own problems. Not to mention, it is slow as shit.
Oh... and Mitsu, I agree, shut up. I seldom post here and I constantly see your criticism on every post that I read. Enough with the preaching man. Get working on some of those million-dollar applications.