Posted by Steve on 10/15/86 12:00

"Ali Bobo" <1001webs@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 1. PHP.NET the greatest API resource known to MAN

completely relative statement. i can safely assume you've not experienced
*all* api's known to man!

> 2. If you have a problem, someone will have already implemented a
> solution in PHP for you

and this is in contrast to the support and examples/solutions afforded asp?
think again.

> 3. Syntax is better, closer to C, C++, and Java. Unlike VB where
> anything goes.

uhhhh, php is just as loose as asp - which is *vb script* NOT VB. asp.net,
however, is more OOP capable than php AND forces strong data-typing. troll.

as for which stylistic preference you have in writing code, who gives a
fuck?!!!

> 4. To run ASP you need IIS on windows, which is not free, for PHP
> however you need Linux and Apache which are FREE!!

sorry, wrong again! i can run asp on linux boxes running apache. that
technology is at least 8 years old, idiot.

> 5. Great built in support for ftp, email, graphics package GD2 and
> also MySQL (also FREE).

and, asp has *greater* built in support for these and more. last time i
checked, ms was giving asp.net AND a world-class IDE for it's development
away...i.e. FREE.

next dumbass remark?

> 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.

which completely bastardizes your statement number 4...along with mooting
itself in the process. are you that brain-dead?

> 7. PHP code is much faster, ASP is developed on the COM based
> architecture, this is an overhead for the server.

and what version of asp are you talking about? the one from 8 years ago? asp
as of right now can backwardly support com. it's architecture is completely
OOP based and everything runs from a NON-COM based framework. asp performs
equally in speed to php and in a lot of cases, outperforms it. one of the
benefits of a company that creates a web language and also providing the os
on which it will run, the functionality is built into the kernel itself.

> 8. mod_rewrite, need I say more.

the answer is, you need to say something that applies. mod_rewrite is
apache, not php. as i can run asp via apache, your point is moot...again!

> 9. Advanced Perl-compatible regular expression functions and loads
> of built in support for regular expressions on the whole.

funny how think, or imply, that asp and regex are strangers to eachother.
specifically, if i develop a vb < .net application, i have to reference the
*scripting* library (you know, the web version of vb) in order to use regex.
asp has *always* supported regex...vb.net is the first time regex was
directly supported, without COM, in vb. geee, why would that be? because NO
NEW LANGUAGES BY MS HAVE A COM ARCHITECTURES.

> 10. Greater control over error handling, and more detailed error
> messages.

last i checked, try/catch/finally was introduced to asp around the same time
it was supported in php. and, since it's the same construct, how do you
suppose php has greater control. further, both php and asp allow you to
generate customer error messages. as for the defined errors, i can only
laugh. leave out a semi-colon in php, run the page in the browser and tell
me exactly what the error means...not to mention WHERE the *actual* error
is. ROFLMFAO !!!

and, btw, when could you ever seemlessly integrate external resources (not
just modules) into php. oh shit! you mean you had to use COM(). lol. in asp,
if an api exists, i can consume it.

how easy is it to set up php for debugging?

can you use vb, c#, c, c++, or any one of 23 others to develop a php
solution?

can you switch, in code, mid-stream to from one language to another?

if you have no clue as to the technology against which you are making
comparisons, how the fuck can you expect to be taken seriously?!!! further,
how can you ever expect to pick the right tool for the job...which is
COMPLETELY what makes one better than the other! it's all relative to
changing factors that you don't even consider, troll.

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