I'm not a JSP programmer so don't quote me but... A) The syntax isn't really that similar to Java. In Java, EVERYTHING is an object. You could write PHP like that if you wanted to but most people don't, especially those who are working with MySQL, for example. PHP is really a cross between C and Perl, syntax-wise. B) Yeah, you'd find JSP's to be faster. You misunderstand what they are. JSP stands for "java server pages" and they are processed server-side like PHP. No Java is interpreted by the browser. PHP is better suited for smaller applications and/or inexperienced programmers - not to say that it isn't powerful, but how many huge dot-coms wrote their sites in PHP?
-----Original Message----- From: Kondwani Spike Mkandawire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] JSP vs. PHP? I'm still into PHP like crazy... But I have been told JSP is more powerful how true is this? >From what I've read so far (tutorials and all), the syntax is 100% similar to Java i.e. it is basically Java with additional library functions... Now here's the story: I am yet to use PHP with a Graphics library (The GD extensions I believe they are), so I don't know about their performace... However the last time I wrote a decently large Java Applet, the browser took annoyingly long to load the applet... If the same principle applies of having a JVM or a Java Interpreter embedded in the browser then I see no advantage to JSP apart from the point of protability... (Unless the graphic libraries that support PHP are any slower)... Could someone please comment... Spike... -- 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
