In a purelly personnal taste, i prefer PHP over ASP because the syntax is C like, which makes it easier to programm in both client side (Javascript) and server side (php). Specially because VBScript isn't a option for client side programming (isn't a standard).
BUT i program in both and like to do it... specially if a client is paying for the job! Cheers... Luis Ferro TelaDigital Benjamin Walling wrote: >I'm currently switching from ASP to PHP, so I'm not an MS zealot. I did >want to clarify some of your statements. > > >"Court Shrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > >>ASP can't do associative arrays >> >> >like a hash table? ASP has the dictionary object. > The dictionary object is a component and more... isn't thread safe and thrus can't be used as an application object. But your point is valid... It has a hash table... of sorts... >>ASP can't do serious string manipulation >> >> >ASP has Regular expressions > > It uses a component for them (i think... never did heavy string manipulation...). >>ASP cannot short-circuit a boolean expression >> >> >?costing you milliseconds? > Costing the evaluation of another expression which can cost a lot of time... depending on the case... It is specially bad if it is inside a loop. >>ASP database connection is very cryptic (because of COM) and lengthy to >>perform the simplist of queries >> >> >You're doing it wrong, then. It doesn't take any more than PHP. There are >50 ways to perform queries, and many of them are hard. Many are simple. > > Agree. I use both ASP and PHP and it take me the same effort... building the queries... the rest is simple details (open connection... open database... in both... just diferent syntax). > > >>ASP confuses functions and data structures--arrays and functions >> >> >You'll have to explain that one. > > > >>ASP only recognizes strings as double-quote deliminited >> >> >So what? > > >>ASP does not have mult-line comments >> >> >So what? > > Would be nice for debuging purposes... but alas... >>ASP doesn't understand external http or ftp resources >> >> >You have to use COM for this. I do a lot of stuff with HTTP and FTP. > > > >>PHP has very straightforward type casting and conversion mechanisms >> >> >This is easy in ASP as well. > > > >>PHP has output buffering and output filtering built in >> >> >ASP does this (response.buffer/response.flush) > > > >>PHP is so much faster! (benchmarks that I've seen on linux/apache -> >>win/iis) >> >> >Apples > Oranges. So far, my evaluation (win/iis 5.0 for both) has been >that ASP is faster. > What versions... benchmarks are worth about 0... and speed is a relative concept... i aggree that php may be faster then ASP (my perception is that it is...). Is ASP fast enought for the job at hand? Is PHP fast enought for the job at hand? Otherwise, you can always program directly in C++ and build a ISAPI filter (or an Apache Module) to manage all your needs... that would be faster! >>PHP can open ftp and http resources >> >> >See above. > > > >>PHP has a very complete set of regular expressions that are tied nicely to >>their string and array functions >> >> >ASP has regular expressions and they work quite well. > > > >>PHP can send email without any additional downloads and cost >> >> >ASP can too (Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")). I'm not sure why >companies sell products for this. > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
