JSP does not ever run in the browser. JSP is a server side technology designed to compete with ASP. PHP is similar in that it too is a server side language and can be embedded into html pages. Java tends to be considerably slower than PHP but the Java folks have made great strides towards overcoming this. As far as compiling scripts, both Java and PHP are capable of doing this if the correct software is installed on the server. In PHP's case this is the Zend Optimizer - in the case of Java, I am not certain but I think this would require a Sun web server; both solutions cost $$$. However, as far as PHP is concerned there are many open source free caching solutions available. This is perhaps true for Java as well. Unless your site is going to get many users per second this is probably not necessary. Ultimately, running LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) will cost less and is probably faster. Many solutions, to my knowledge, requiring Java cost $$$ while LAMP is completely Open source. (Read the licenses for more info).
Matt Friedman -----Original Message----- From: Paras Mukadam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday May 4, 2002 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] PHP compared to JSP Sorry if this is repeated, but I didn't see my query in the news group so reposting it ! --------------------------------------- Dear all, How is PHP similar to / different than JSP ? I mean, in JSP the page is compiled the first time it runs on the web-browser, then the next time it finds the .class file and just runs it. i.e. the compiling is "just" the first time !! How does it work in PHP? Does PHP has any way to figure out whether it's first time ? that is does PHP compile .php file to some .compiled_php type and then it gives the output ? Thanks a lot. Paras. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
