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ASP -v- PHP

AlanShaw

2004-11-20, 7:14 pm

Hi Most of my site is written in ASP but I want to add a search facility
whereby when a member of the public wishes to find their nearest, (in this
case) member, they simply put in their own Postcode / Zipcode and the result
shows a list of local members starting with those nearest. This software is
available in ASP and PHP, but what are the differences and are there any
avantages in use one over the other? An evaluation copy of the software can be
downloaded http://www.cgi-interactive-uk.com/f...ode_script.html
Regards Alan

Tim

2004-11-21, 4:14 am

Personally I've always used ASP but largely on the whole they are the
same, they are just offered by different companies, one advantage of PHP
that I have noticed is that hosting companies often include it for free
as Red Hat Linux servers are cheaper than Microsoft servers.

What past experiences do you have in coding because this may help sway
your decision.

Tim

AlanShaw wrote:
> Hi Most of my site is written in ASP but I want to add a search facility
> whereby when a member of the public wishes to find their nearest, (in this
> case) member, they simply put in their own Postcode / Zipcode and the result
> shows a list of local members starting with those nearest. This software is
> available in ASP and PHP, but what are the differences and are there any
> avantages in use one over the other? An evaluation copy of the software can be
> downloaded http://www.cgi-interactive-uk.com/f...ode_script.html
> Regards Alan
>

Tim

2004-11-23, 11:16 pm

robot88888888

2004-11-24, 4:15 am

When signing up for a host, is it fair to say that ASP is usually set up to
use with MS Access. And PHP is usually set up for MySQL.

From what I've read, it's possible to set up PHP to use Access as a database
but the coding can be cumbersome. Note: I've never set up a server in my
life, so I have no clue what you can and can't do. I'm only going by how my
previous hosts have set things up.

"Joe {RoastHorse}" <joe@roast-horse.commmmm> wrote in message
news:cnidmq$4u5$2@forums.macromedia.com...
> no scripting language is tied to any particular db.
>
> joe

Joe {RoastHorse}

2004-11-24, 4:16 am

> From what I've read, it's possible to set up PHP to use Access as a
database
> but the coding can be cumbersome.

absolutely - we're currently setting up servers for linux/php to talk to
mssql... *$£& &??&**!!

joe

robot88888888 wrote:
> When signing up for a host, is it fair to say that ASP is usually set up to
> use with MS Access. And PHP is usually set up for MySQL.
>
> From what I've read, it's possible to set up PHP to use Access as a database
> but the coding can be cumbersome. Note: I've never set up a server in my
> life, so I have no clue what you can and can't do. I'm only going by how my
> previous hosts have set things up.
>
> "Joe {RoastHorse}" <joe@roast-horse.commmmm> wrote in message
> news:cnidmq$4u5$2@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>
>
>