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Posted by Ali Bobo on 10/05/28 12:00
On Jan 16, 6:44 pm, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk>
wrote:
> Ali Bobo wrote:
> > 2. If you have a problem, someone will have already implemented a
> > solution in PHP for you
>
> Although PHP is one of my favourite programming languages, I do think that
> some of these reasons are not so good, so feel I should "correct" some of
> them, or at least further elaborate.
>
> Regarding point #2, yes, that's often the case, but half the time their
> solution is junk and needs extensive rewrites to remove obvious security
> flaws. The reason there's so many free PHP scripts out there is because
> there's millions of PHP scripters out there. It may come as a shock to
> some of you, but not all of them are geniuses.
>
> > 3. Syntax is better, closer to C, C++, and Java. Unlike VB where
> > anything goes.
>
> PHP's syntax is better because it's closer to C? If anything, similarity
> to C's syntax should be classed as a disadvantage. C is a step up above
> assembly, but that's all that can be said in its favour.
>
> Of the C-like languages, C#, Java and Javascript are far more elegant in
> syntax than PHP. But if you want to see a language with a truly nice
> syntax, check out AppleScript.
>
> Besides which, ASP.NET (the latest incarnation of ASP) is a container
> format which supports the use of various different languages within it.
> Sure, VB is common, but so is Javascript. Perl within ASP is not unheard
> of. It's even possible to script PHP within ASP.
>
> > 4. To run ASP you need IIS on windows, which is not free, for PHP
> > however you need Linux and Apache which are FREE!!
>
> You do not need either Linux or Apache for PHP. There are various other
> operating systems and web servers that will run it. I happen to do a lot
> of my testing on Apache for Max OS X. PHP will even run on IIS on Windows.
>
> Whatsmore, there are various alternative implementations of ASP, some of
> which are free. However, much like with C#, a lot of people rely on
> specific quirks and extensions of Microsoft's implementation, so the
> result will not run on the alternative implementations.
>
> > 5. Great built in support for ftp, email, graphics package GD2 and
> > also MySQL (also FREE).
>
> MySQL is a pretty crummy database though.
>
> > 6. PHP will run on Unix, Linux, Solaris and Windows. ASP is mainly
> > only Windows associated but you can use it on linux with additional
> > modules installed.
>
> Contradicting point #4 yourself now.
>
> > 7. PHP code is much faster, ASP is developed on the COM based
> > architecture, this is an overhead for the server.
>
> COM-based ASP is pretty old. ASP.NET pages can be pre-compiled, allowing
> very fast execution.
>
> PHP scripts can be cached in a compiled form if you use eAccelerator or
> similar, but this functionality will not be included in PHP by default
> until 6.0 is released.
>
> > 8. mod_rewrite, need I say more.
>
> mod_rewrite is written in C, not PHP.
>
> > 9. Advanced Perl-compatible regular expression functions and loads
> > of built in support for regular expressions on the whole.
>
> VBScript as of version 5 (which is quite old now) supports regular
> expressions, but they're pretty limited compared to Perl's regexs.
> However, as I said earlier, ASP is not just limited to VBScript. Perl will
> happily run within ASP, and Perl's regexs are certainly Perl-compatible!
Interesting points you've made.
Thank you
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