PHP versus ASP 50 points each

TO be honest, if you are developing on a windows system with MS SQL and you are wanting to talk to the various systems and objects available, say to Exchange for sending email, etc, then ASP would be the more sensible way to go.

If you are developing apps independant of MS, then I would always go for PHP.

With PHP, you can still do all those things you can do in ASP (though you may have to do them differently).

If you are just starting out, then try and use both. See which you like. PHP is opensource and is constantly updated, with a pretty good speed in bug fixing and costs nothing to download and use. Microsoft software is bigger and more expensive and I think harder to fix when there ar bugs.

Thanks RQuadling, I will post 50 points under web development for you.  If you can get me reference links to support comparision opinions I will give another 50 points.

I have to present to the executives the better which to use and why so by having referance will help.  I can program in both and like PHP better.  But as you know you cannot go to these people and say what you like better you have to tell them why it's better and where I got my facts. I know that PHP is faster, less stress on server, cheaper and can do everything ASP can do but I need documentation to back it up.

Here are some stuff
http://www.geocities.com/ewmpsi/aspvsphp.html
http://php.weblogs.com/php_vs_asp
http://www.phpbuddy.com/sub_articles.php?other_articles=9

Thank you lina2401,

I have posted 50 points for you under web developement.

Andriv

One of the good things with PHP is if you have a problem, you can consult services like this to get support. True for ASP too.

But, I recently had an issue with COM in PHP. I downloaded the code and found the author of the COM code in PHP, emailed them and got an answer. I VERY much doubt you will get that sort of response from Microsoft.

Thanks for the points.

Some additional links, if you don't have enough ammunition yet for your boss.

http://php.weblogs.com/discuss/msgReader$1352
http://www.zdnetindia.com/techzone/coding/stories/7801.html

I could go on all day about using Open Source over M$, but I guess we don't have all day... :)  But the main point is... the company I work for has been able to expand their personnel and experience base because they spend _very_ little on software. We push the linux/apache/php combo to the max(we cheat and use Oracle), but it has consistently performs well.

Using Open Source software is like having "thousands" of FREE consultants world-wide. They are constantly providing free help on forums, patch updates, etc. As mentioned by Richard... try getting that kind of support from M$ phone support.

Regards,
Barry

Thanks axis_img the more the merrier. I agree with the customer service aspect. I changed to PHP from ASP about 2 years ago because the help I have been able to get and from a personal standpoint I find PHP to be:

* Cheaper
* Faster
* Less of a resource hog
* Being able to call include files conditionally
* Assoc. Arrays
* Easier to work with any DB
* Not having to be married to MS
* ease to code
* Better Memeroy allocation
* Platform independance
* Lot more free code

The links everybody provides will help in make these reasons facts instead of opinions.  It will also show my client that my suggestion is not bias because of my preference but the better choice.

Look under Web Developement for your points and thank you for help.

Thanks everyone for all your help. Now it's up to the exec's.

Andriv

Did you ask this question in the ASP forum too? What sort of response did you get there?

Yes, and I did not get any response,  I offered the same point with a link back to this one.