Sure....
ASP can't do associative arrays
ASP can only do numerical multi-dimension arrays
ASP can't do serious string manipulation
ASP carries way too much around in each function call--global scope all the
time for all variables
ASP cannot short-circuit a boolean expression
ASP database connection is very cryptic (because of COM) and lengthy to
perform the simplist of queries
ASP confuses functions and data structures--arrays and functions
ASP only recognizes strings as double-quote deliminited
ASP does not have mult-line comments
ASP doesn't understand external http or ftp resources
PHP can do COM just like ASP
PHP does associative, multi-dimension arrays without having to declare them
as such--$my['one']['two']['three'] = 'hello world'--just created a
3-dimensional
associative array
PHP's structure is WAY more simplistic
PHP can short circuit boolean expressions
PHP has very straightforward type casting and conversion mechanisms
PHP has output buffering and output filtering built in
PHP has VERY simple user error-handling
mechanism--error_handler('yourFunctionName')
PHP can do variable variables--$var = 'hello'; $hello = 'world'; echo
$$var;--just ourput 'world';
PHP can do variable functions--function foo() {echo 'hello';} $var = 'foo';
$var();--just printed 'hello'
PHP is so much faster! (benchmarks that I've seen on linux/apache ->
win/iis)
PHP can natively open and write to sockets
PHP can open ftp and http resources
PHP has a very complete set of regular expressions that are tied nicely to
their string and array functions
PHP has an enormous amount of built in features and functions that ASP does
not
PHP can send email without any additional downloads and cost
The list can go on and on....I have yet (4 years) to find something that ASP
can do that PHP can't....It took a day of coding ASP before I found tons of
things that ASP couldn't do that PHP could. The PHP developers are
absolutely incredible!!!! :-)
I am well-aware that there are 3rd party components to ASP that offer a good
deal of functionality, but usually on a per server or per cpu cost. This,
of course, is in addition to the cost of the software and all appropriate
licenses.
Microsoft has done a great job of improving ASP in ASP.Net, however, when
you start out with crap, it is not rocket science to make it a little
tastier and a little fresher. Also, READ the fine print on Microsoft's new
licenses before you go ANY further down that road.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Spychala, Wojciech" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] ASP and PHP
>
>
> is there somebody who can write few points why PHP is better
> than asp and
> why is worse?
>
> Thanks very much
>
> Bitter
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