On 10/14/06, Ross <ross@aztechost.com> 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...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.