Date: 05/31/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: cms, php, mysql, database, asp, sql, security, web

Hi all, a quick question.

I use PHP mostly because it's the only web language I know well enough to do what I need to do on a daily basis, but my place of employment is considering redesigning the web site - and letting me have control over how it's developed and in what languages, etc. Is there any advantage of using ASP over PHP, or any other language over another? I integrate a lot with a database (MySQL) (calendars, event listings, internship databases, video archive, etc) and currently run on a Sun box, but I also need to integrate (in the future) with a SQL database on an IIS server, which required me to develop in ASP. I didn't know ASP so we had to contract it out, and I'd rather avoid doing that again in the future - unless there's an added security benefit to asp or something like that. Opinions anyone, on what language to use vs another, or any opinions on a sort of "dream set up" (including CMS - I've never used a third party so recommendations would be interesting) I might be able to go after?

Thanks everyone!

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