Both PHP and ASP (as well as ASP.NET) are server side scripting languages.
The differences are as followed:
-PHP syntax is based on C, while ASP is based on Visual Basic
-ASP is possibly easier to learn compared to PHP
-PHP is open source and free, while ASP is a commercial product
-PHP can be installed on most servers, while ASP is available on IIS (a microsoft product) usually
*ASP and ASP.NET is available on IIS (for free), which is already installed in Windows XP (and Windows Vista). |