ASP or PHP?

[ashleypower]

Hey.

I'm totally new to the "server side" languages.

I was just wondering, what's best?

PHP and ASP seem to be the most popular. What are the differences? Which is easier? What would be the best one to learn?

I've noticed that alot of free servers support PHP, not very many support ASP.

Any help appreciated!

[Nightfire]

They're both about the same in speed, power etc. PHP is free to use, and I don't think that it has a steep learning curve like ASP does. ASP (without mods, extensions and what not) can only work on windows machines, php can work on any (or almost any) system.

[ashleypower]

Any ideas on a good starting point? I think i'd like to learn PHP, know any good resources?

[Nightfire]

http://php.net
download phpdev from http://www.firepages.com.au
tutorials at http://www.phpfreaks.com

[beetle]

Read this

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/546

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