[PHP] Re: PHP vs ASP .NET

2005-04-23 Thread Satyam
Search for PHP defense in the subject line for a thread that is/was running since a few days ago. Satyam Reynier Perez Mira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list: I have a problem with ASP .NET community in my Universty and I need to solve it. The thing is that

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2003-01-06 Thread David Eisenhart
this is addressed in quite a few dedicated articles in php sites. For me some of the big pros of PHP: - the active community behind it - associated open source products (such as phpMyAdmin and the Smarty template engine) - the ease and power behind coupling it with MySQL databases (ASP has of

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2003-01-04 Thread Leon Mergen
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[PHP] Re: php vs asp

2002-01-28 Thread Michael Kimsal
Liz Lynch wrote: can someone tell me whether or not asp can be used with mysql and is there any drawbacks to using it as opposed to php Yes it can be used - no there are no real drawbacks other than that most documentation for ASP work assumes SQL Server or Access, so many tutorials

[PHP] RE: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-10 Thread Brinkman, Theodore
Typically, when people talk about 'native' database access, they're referring to accessing the database using the database's native interface, not that the language directly supports the database. (i.e.: not limiting everything to the lowest common denominator). The advantage you get from

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-10 Thread John Meyer
you do if your linux server crashes. A: First, find a candle...*G* Original Message Follows From: Mike Eheler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 10:57:27 -0800 Well being a former ASP programmer and a current PHP programmer I

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Julio Nobrega Trabalhando
Database is a good point. PHP has native support for several, while I believe ASP do not (through ODBC). Modules, and their price. At least I heard in ASP you have to pay for some of them (well, more than those on PHP). Typecast? I am not sure if in ASP you have to, I remember I heard

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Robert Klinkenberg
Well, I personally prefer PHP over ASP because better support from webhosting companies, but ASP has some good points. This is especially the case if you can setup the complete hosting environment yourself and have some money to spend. First of all databases. PHP has support for a limited but

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Dean Ouellette
I am a newbie to programming, ASP is easier to learn? I heard PHP was At 04:48 PM 1/9/2002 +0100, Robert Klinkenberg wrote: Well, I personally prefer PHP over ASP because better support from webhosting companies, but ASP has some good points. This is especially the case if you can setup the

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Nicolas Costes
Well, I don't know ASP, but I fonud that learning PHP was really easy when you already know C, C++ And no variables types, pointer, etc ... is great !!! Le Mercredi 9 Janvier 2002 17:01, Dean Ouellette a écrit : I am a newbie to programming, ASP is easier to learn? I heard PHP was At

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Philip Hallstrom
I don't want to start a war, but last time I looked PHP had native support for every database I'd ever heard of including Oracle, SQLServer, etc... Just don't want the guy doing the report that php is database limited... On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Robert Klinkenberg wrote: Well, I personally prefer

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Michael Kimsal
Philip Hallstrom wrote: I don't want to start a war, but last time I looked PHP had native support for every database I'd ever heard of including Oracle, SQLServer, etc... Just don't want the guy doing the report that php is database limited... Native support can mean different things,

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Stephen Abshire
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Klinkenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:51:40 -0800 (PST) I don't want to start a war, but last time I looked PHP had native support for every database I'd ever heard of including Oracle, SQLServer, etc

RE: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Neil Kimber
windows/web UIs. Big downside? Has to run on MS platform. -Original Message- From: Stephen Abshire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 09 January 2002 17:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP I agree about not starting a war between PHP and ASP. We already have

[PHP] RE: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Robert Klinkenberg
Off course PHP does support Oracle and the like. What I wanted to say is that PHP support most common databases, but if your company needs support for some strange database you can't access it very fast and easily (especially when you use PHP on Unix). On the other hand with ASP you can access

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Mike Eheler
Well being a former ASP programmer and a current PHP programmer I think I can help you there. The key point is ease of use. PHP provides far more functionality than ASP (try finding a function to print out the date in ASP.. yeah, I thought so), while at the same time giving you access to

[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Julio Nobrega Trabalhando
Sorry, corrected on PHP only after 15 being reported.. should read: corrected on PHP only after 15 minutes being reported.. That was a good thing I saw. I still remember, some exec() problems with slashes and some letters on a specific plataform. Stunned me how fast the bug was solved.

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Stephen Abshire
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Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Databases - although PHP 'supports' many databases natively, the support is in the form of 3rd party libraries with PHP wrapper functions. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but the current method dictates that to use oracle you use oci_ functions, for mysql you use mysql_ functions,

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Michael Kimsal
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: Databases - although PHP 'supports' many databases natively, the support is in the form of 3rd party libraries with PHP wrapper functions. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but the current method dictates that to use oracle you use oci_ functions, for mysql you use

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP

2002-01-09 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
I actually was going to mention it, because I know it's being worked on - last I read it was 'beta' or something similar, and only supported a handful. My understanding was that even it was still a wrapper system, but it's definitely a welcome (huge) step in the right direction, in our