PHP and ASP.NET are definitely not new to the web development industry. They have both been major contributors to website and enterprise applications for many years now. Python, Django, Ruby on Rails and a lot of others have challenged their survival. But these two languages have always emerged stronger, all thanks to the feature set that they possess and the flexibility that they provide to developers. PHP development and ASP.NET development have been in a neck and neck competition with each other for the title as the best. And have thus forced CTOs and enterprise owners to make the difficult decision of which one to choose for their enterprise application? So let us find out more about these two languages! ASP.NET and PHP at a Glance ASP Active Server Page (also known as ASP) is scripting language mainly used on the server side which was developed by Microsoft. Image credit: Flickr It is a more powerful server side language and hosts an array of features, including links to the backend, session, and state management, and handling request and response parameters. A webpage that has been designed using ASP will include static HTML tags and dynamic validation using JavaScript or VBScript. Dynamic generation of HTML and CSS is also possible with ASP.NET. How Does ASP.NET Work? You request an ASP page which is on a server and the corresponding page fetches the information from the database. This then dynamically generates the HTML code for you to present your requested data and it sends it to you to view in a browser. PHP PHP is a scripting language. PHP is...
