On 10/14/06, Ross <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello, Having used php for a while now and am fairly competent I was persuaded by a collegue to look into asp.net. I decided to download the free trial of VS2005 and start with a few tutorials. I am very suprised how easy things like user auhtentication and form validation is. Literally in minutes. Even though I have written a similar script many times for php there is always some tweeking or modifying required before it fits the project. The asp object model is far superior, something that PHP developers can't really argue against.
That's a bit like saying that apples are better than oranges. PHP and ASP.NET, while they were designed to server similar, but not identical purposes, are different tools. PHP is a programming language, but ASP.NET is a platform, built on the dotNET framework. You could compare something like CakePHP to ASP.NET, in pretty much the same way as you could compare PHP itself to C#. Now I know asp .net is not ideal for all projects but I am now thinking that
there are some projects that would be suited to the use of .net and the development time would be greatly reduced. I would like to know
Unless dotNET is a total absolute piece of crap, them I'm sure there are some things that are better suited to the ASP.NET than to their PHP counterpart. I suspect this would be mainly things that integrate with other MS technologies. -What is planned for the next version of PHP?
Google is good for you. http://www.corephp.co.uk/archives/19-Prepare-for-PHP-6.html -How many of you use both of the technologies?
-What influences your decision when using either ASP, .NET, or PHP
The first thing it would depend on would be whether I wanted a framework or a programming language. If I wanted a framework I'd go with ( out of the above choices ) ASP.NET, where as if I wanted a programming language I'd go for PHP. Given the choice however, I'd go with a PHP based framework for websites, unless they had to integrate with windos services. I don't currently know ASP.NET enough to use it for production purposes, added to the fact that most of our machines are Solaris, and not Windos. I know people feel very strongly about PHP, however I don't want to start an
argument, just want a decent discussion,
You serious? I would never have thought people on the PHP mailing list would have any interest at all on PHP.
