ASP is just like PHP&MySQL, am I right?

Except asp uses microsoft access? or what?


Which do you prefer to use, ASP or PHP&MySQL?
Which is harder to learn?
Which is more effecient?

Would you recommend knowing both?
What can you do in one that you can't do in the other?


Thanks for any replies

Originally posted by Lirath
ASP is just like PHP&MySQL, am I right?

Not exactly. ASP and PHP are scripting languages. They both support more than one database system.

Regards, Moritz

Hi,
The reason for using either depends on where you are going to use it. ASP should be used for windows develoment since it would be buggy, if it works at all, in the linux environment. PHP can be used in both the environments but works better on linux then windows.

Which is easier to learn? Depends on what you already know? have you done any type of programming before? if yes, which languages? ASP is very very fimiliar to VB.. where as the php's structure is just like c or c++...

kunal

I've used PHP a lot because I took two years of programming in C and C++

never used or seen VB




Can you accomplish anything different in either of the two than the other? (did that sound just a little confusing?)

a little confusing for me.. but ill take a shot :)

It is a lot easier to access the windows API via ASP then it is by using PHP... ASP just glides into the windows environemtn when PHP can be a lil bit of a problem...

PHP on the other hand IMHO. I havent done much in ASP, but the little bit I have makes me love PHP more then ASP. :)

kunal