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Summary: Get comparative information in the ongoing debate over which platform is better for building Web applications: PHP or ASP.NET. The two platforms are compared on the basis of installation, framework, developer productivity, and data access. (13 printed pages)
Overview
An ongoing debate around the development world is which platform is better for building Web applications: PHP or ASP. The debate has turned the corner into a new era and things have changed enormously for the Microsoft corner with the introduction of ASP.NET. Offering many new features and benefits, ASP.NET is a complete redesign of its predecessor, ASP 3.0. Just how does the introduction of ASP.NET affect the PHP/ASP debate? This article will provide you with the information you need to answer that question.

Architecture Comparison
PHP
At the heart of PHP 4.0 is the Zend Engine, an open source-scripting engine owned by Zend Technologies. When the user's browser makes a request to a PHP-enabled Web server, ...