Fw: [PHP-WIN] The final word maybe!! asp vs php

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Stabb" <mark@northdevon-on-the.net> To: "Zack Beatty" <ZackB@mamamedia.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] The final word maybe!! asp vs php > Why Oh why do we have to create a competition where, as far as allot of > developers are concerned, there is non. > Although PHP and ASP are both server side scripting languages, they are very > different in there design and ethos. > > Yes there are overheads to using IIS + ASP etc but ASP IIS SQLserver7 Active > X etc are designed to plug into and complement each other. COM & DCOM are a > religion with MS and always will be. ASP IIS SQLserver7 ActiveX etc by > design are a Internet/Intranet/web applications/systems manipulation tool. > PHP is a Hypertext pre-processor with modular extra functionality > Both are available to us and both can be used on there own or within the > same project. > (AS can mysql and sqlserver) > To quote my grandfather "Identify the job & then use the right tool for > the job. Any argument over which tool is the best will become irrelevant." > > > Any more questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zack Beatty" <ZackB@mamamedia.com> > To: <occello@essi.fr> > Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 3:27 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] asp vs php > > > > Not to sound rude, but if you have already decided on using ASP, then why > > are you posting to a PHP list and wasting peoples' time? We will try to > > tell you how PHP is better than ASP, and an ASP mailing list would try to > > explain how ASP is better than PHP. Remember, this is a PHP list!! We > can > > help you make your decision between PHP and ASP. But after that, if > you've > > chosen ASP, I don't understand what your motive for posting here is. I'm > > not being rude, it's just my two-cents worth of opinion. BTW, since you > > asked, here's what I use: > > > > NT Server > > IIS > > PHP (currently 3.014, will upgrade to 4 soon) > > MS SQL Server 7.0 (formerly via ODBC connection, currently via PHP's > > built-in MSSQL() functions!!) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: occello@essi.fr [mailto:occello@essi.fr] > > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 10:53 AM > > To: "Zack Beatty" > > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] asp vs php > > > > > > If you tell me what do you use you may help me a lot! > > Do you use a microsoft data base? If so, do you use a sql server too? > > For me I want to use only an ODBC connection and I think I 'll use asp > > scripts. > > Do you know how microsoft jet drivers work? > > > > thanx > > ------------------- > > > Apache on NT doesn't make much sense to me. If you have to use NT > > (like I > > > do), then use NT/IIS/ > > > PHP, coupled with the built-in PHP database functionality (i.e. ODBC > > for > > > Access, SQL Server, etc. OR better yet, use PHP's mssql() functions > > for > > > direct (non-ODBC) communication with MS SQL Server). > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Occello Audrey [mailto:occello@essi.fr] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:55 AM > > > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] asp vs php > > > > > > > > > I need your help, > > > > > > Well I haven't already developped my web site and I am a little > > > confused. > > > should I use : > > > * NT server + ODBC + IIS + asp > > > * NT workstation + ODBC + apache + php > > > > > > and if I choose the first alternative can I use php instead of asp? > > > > > > thanx, > > > > > > audrey > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >