# Head-to-Head: PHP vs. ASP.NET

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 11, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604 "2003-05-11T02:16:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![ahmed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@ahmed](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ahmed)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/1 "2003-05-11T02:16:23Z")

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A semi-biased article from Microsoft that i thought is worth sharing (since the question is asked so often) =) :

[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/phpvsaspnet.asp](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/phpvsaspnet.asp)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/2 "2003-05-13T19:20:03Z")

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semi-biased? lol

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/3 "2003-05-13T22:26:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jubba \*  
> \*\*semi-biased? lol \*\*

Just a lower-case lol? You have far more restraint than I. 😉

ROFLMAO!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/4 "2003-05-13T22:39:28Z")

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well actually… it was more like [SIZE=9]LOL[/SIZE]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/5 "2003-05-13T23:26:27Z")

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lol… ok… ok… totally biased… just didn’t wanna make it sound inflamatory :beam: 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/6 "2003-05-13T23:30:23Z")

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> _semi-quoted from article_  
> **And [ASP.net](http://ASP.net) is much more reliable because its run on our WINDOWS servers -\<insert mocking laughter here\>- The high quality of Microsoft products … blah blah blah blah blah blah**

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/7 "2003-05-14T00:34:03Z")

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LOL… yeah… now that i think of it again, I should’ve not posted it… it’s such a misguidance :sleep:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/8 "2003-05-25T06:45:57Z")

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Haha, anyone know of a non-biased article or have a suggestion? I’m about to put together my first mySql site w/ either asp or php and I’m pretty much new to both so any advice?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/9 "2003-05-25T12:49:45Z")

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if you want to do real big projects, asp is the better solution. but for the average-sized project i would use php…

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**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/10 "2003-05-25T14:05:15Z")

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why would asp be the better solution? I find php to be easier to learn and more powerful (especially with the new version coming out).

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/head-to-head-php-vs-asp-net/20604/11 "2003-05-25T16:27:08Z")

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i meant, when you know both, and you have to decide which one you use for a certain project… php is really much easier to learn. my teacher told me that asp is better for bigger projects because for example when defining variables, you tell it what type it is (string, boolean…)