– Advantages of PHP From the time when Microsoft has come up with ASP.net, there has been a prevalent debate among programmers as to whether it is any better than the existing open source programming language of PHP. There are a number of reasons why PHP web developers are in such high demand today. Whether you want to hire PHP programmers for your business development or not, it is a good idea to be aware of these benefits associated with PHP development to understand your options better.
As the debate between PHP and ASP.net rages on, it is significant to make a frank comparison between the two languages, so that other developers who are not so burly in their opinions are not caught in the argument between the two. Here are some of the important points that differentiate the two programming languages from each other:-
- PHP is a comparatively simpler language to use than ASP.net. Initially, PHP was written in the C programming language to put back a set of scripts in Perl. That is the reason why coding in PHP rest simple even today. Many developers find themselves to be more at ease with the user-friendly nature of PHP when it comes to coding. However, opponents also count this advantage of PHP as a disadvantage. Some of them maintain that the language of PHP has not been rationalized much, and hence it is still quite outdated and even, somewhat unwieldy for coding. ASP.net, which is a comparatively new development, has a lot of options when it comes to languages. Here, you can use languages such as C#, J#, C++ and VB.net. Hence, when it comes to utter choice, ASP.net has better to offer. But PHP is no less, since it can do its job quite well, even with its minimum language tools.
- PHP has much better support for the database management system, MySQL. In fact, the very popular blogging platform, WordPress uses the redoubtable combination of PHP coding on MySQL for its content management system, which includes about hundreds of thousands of blog posts every single day. Another very popular and frequently updated service that uses the mixture of PHP and MySQL is Wikipedia. ASP.net can also support MySQL, but PHP is unanimously sleet, by the heaps and classes alike, for its great support for this database management system.
- People who use both PHP and ASP.net also preserve their opinion that PHP is better for entrenched support with another database management system, viz. SQLite. SQLite is described as a relational database management system and since it is contained in a C programming library, PHP can provide better support to it.
- PHP has also a very good buttress for object oriented programming, on which whole scripting languages are being built nowadays. ASP.net also provides very competent support to OOP.
- When it comes to support, PHP wins over ASP.net. The main reason for this is that PHP is open source. Hence, the support can come freely from all over the world. In most cases, PHP fixes are made instantaneously. Being open source also guarantees that there are very few hurdles in PHP. While, ASP.net could take a while to make fixes. That is because it is owned by Microsoft, and it is the development team of Microsoft that will need to react to the support query. That could take more time than the worldwide open source support that PHP is able to get. Most PHP supports can be directly found online by doing a simple search on the Internet. Some of the providers of support for PHP are Zend, NuSphere and ThinkPHP.
- PHP can use the command line to execute many everyday activities. Some of the things that the PHP command line is useful for is for influencing across many files and for putting files into multiple directories at once. These are just some of the important features that PHP’s command line is used for.
- PHP is an open source programming language, which means it is free for anyone to use. Programmers can develop PHP applications virtually at no cost, because PHP is free to use. ASP.net is not free too, but its extensions are obtainable for free on Windows platforms, upwards of 98. Hence, ASP.net is available to Windows users when they buy it. That puts a bit of restriction in its use.
- Since PHP is older, there are many people who claim that it is much more safe than ASP.net where coding is concerned. ASP.net is much new, and the security options may not be fully in place yet. However, many programmers will pooh-pooh at this point, because they maintain that security in coding does not depend on the language that is used, but in the way that the coding is done by the coder. Even so, there is a lot of talk on the Internet about PHP coded sites being more complex to hack into than those done with ASP.net.
In the next blog we will write advantages of DotNet over PHP.
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In my experience, ASP.NET seems to offer a lot more than PHP but PHP certainly seems to do enough for most of my website.
The big difference, then seems to be in price in the long term. ASP.NET would require major software costs to scale the website.
Both PHP and ASP.NET are good.It depends upon the person whether he should use PHP or ASP.NET.It all depends upon the requirement.
With 90% social engines being based on PHP and related platforms like Cake , this has really pushed ASP to a foot back.
The technology trend has thus raised for PHP in last 2 years … with all dues thanks to Facebook, Drupal, Magento and WordPress Especially.
PHP is a comparatively simpler language to use than ASP.net. People who use both PHP and ASP.net also preserve their opinion that PHP is better for entrenched support with another database management system.
@CreativeScripters, I do agree with your point, it has really boosted PHP, but PHP still needs to have a common framework, like ASP.Net has.
Right now there are many: codeigniter, cakephp to name a few