PHP or Dot Net? Which has a better scope?

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PHP or Dot Net? Which has a better scope?

Answer 1

Actually, the guy above me said PHP is like JavaScript. It's not. JavaScript is a *client-side* scripting language that runs in the browser. PHP is a *server-side* language that is not run directly by the browser, but on the server that's serving you the web page. PHP acts to fill requests from the client browser, and does all of it's programmed work on the other end of the connection.

But he's right about the wide acceptance of PHP. It's not a fully object-capable language, with support from thousands of users all over the  world, and a development community that gets larger every month.

the best part about PHP is that it's open source, which essentially means you can use it and nearly everything that works with it for no cost. Unfortunately, if you get into the .NET community, you're probably going to have to spend some money to get the quality tools you would need.

I make a living developing in PHP (and other languages, none of them related to Microsoft in any way). Trust me when I say that I do pretty well.

Answer 2

PHP is good as it is flexible and has like you say many many functions - and for very load heavy sites does well.

I prefer Dot Net because of it's interactivity between the different Dot Net architechures and the fact that is object-orientated.

It depends on your style of programming, aswell - Dot Net is a Microsoft architechure so will always work well with Windows Server.

Also depends where your sites will be deployed, if it is a redistributable that will be in several places I would say Dot Net, but if its central then PHP

Answer 3

depends on ur task

PHP if ur working for Web site

Dot Net is for ANY and ANY programming area  

Answer 4

I'd go with .NET.

Unless you're just doing stuff for the web--then it's anyone's argument.

Answer 5

PHP is much better than dot.net. PHP is like JavaScript, VB Script and dot.net together, with an extra 700 functions. Definitely go with PHP.