php4 vs php5 vs asp

Written by kayode muyibi on July 20, 2004 in Uncategorized. Add Your Comment.

the comparison says it all. :) from (http://otn.oracle.com/pub/articles/hull_asp.html )

Table 1
  PHP 4 PHP 5 ASP.NET
Software price free free free
Platform price free free $$
Speed strong strong weak
Efficiency strong strong weak
Security strong strong strong
Platform strong strong weak (IIS only)
Platform any any win32 (IIS only)
Source available yes yes no
Exceptions no yes yes
OOP weak strong strong

This post was written by kayode muyibi.

  • what about the cost? i mean is it free. i am sure the licensing fee is preety huge.
  • Onlovin
    Actually, ASP can be used on UNIX using verious porting softare (i.e. chilli asp) but not everything is supported and it's quite expensive. Nonetheless, I still agree that PHP is the way of the future! Open source rocks!
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