Quick Question

[dhtmlgod]

Ok, a simple question, and I would prefer a simple list. It's a little research for an article I'm writing.

Why do you think PHP is better than ASP?

I'm not really looking for a discussion, just a simple list like so:

Faster
Cooler
Better name

[redgoals]

php

faster, more features, more support, free (no hidden costs), and of course mysql integration.

definetly the wise choice.

[redemption]

- faster
- syntactically close to C (which is a good thing )
- Open-Source
- great community
- simple to use (subjective though)
- support for almost everything from databases to XML to LDAP to WDDX... you name it
- lots of built-in functions
- asp? isn't that a kind of snake?

that's all i can think of for now...

[burchyk]

All mentioned before +

1. Working on Linux/Unix and Win (You know what I mean)
2. Hate MS software.

[bobbymac]

PHP doesn't have a nightmarish object model to wade through for doing simple things like reading from a text file
the PHP manual is a big positive

[redemption]

Originally posted by bobbymac
PHP doesn't have a nightmarish object model to wade through for doing simple things like reading from a text file

amen to that

some additions:
- suitable for Rapid Application Development
- a holy trinity when used on Linux and Apache (compared with the unholy trinity of WinNT, IIS and ASP... how much does that cost already? )
- MSDN scares the asp out of me