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temp · 12-08-2007, 08:09 PM

I currently know how to use java (not javascript) so coding simple php was easy for me. How hard would it be for me to learn cgi and asp? Are they similar?

J0ker · 12-08-2007, 10:05 PM

Why would you want to. PHP is the more modern server side language and has basically dominated the field. CGI and ASP are rarely used anymore except on sites created a long time ago and still maintained such as eBay. There isn't anything you can do in CGI or ASP that can't be done in PHP. As for your question, I now very little on both of them, but I believe PHP is the closest to Java as any server side language.

rashas8 · 12-10-2007, 10:03 AM

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sunken · 12-28-2007, 05:07 AM

While ASP may be helpful to learn if you are working with Windows servers, there isn't any real point these days to learning CGI like C++ for websites. PHP is available on 99% of the servers now and it's extremely portable and it has every command you need. In fact, it has a lot of good commands that aren't available in other languages.

To me, PHP is closest to C, rather than to Java, but maybe because I'm more used to C than Java.

SpOrTsDuDe.Reese · 01-03-2008, 08:53 AM

ASP and .Net, I feel, is MUCH overrated. I coded a few websites in ASP and I had to turn to PHP because it was just a more enjoyable experience. PHP can do anything ASP can and I just stick to PHP. I refuse to learn ASP lol. I will for college though but I refuse to learn it on my spare time. I have other languages to learn. I know a lot of coding languages. About 8 languages I've mastered.

sunken · 04-02-2008, 03:58 PM

I agree that PHP is probably a much better choice than CGI or ASP because of it's portability. If you plan to sell or move the site, it would be difficult in some cases to get a server that will run the specific applications written in C++, or they will at least require recompiling each one. PHP, on the other hand, would work on almost all servers (depending only on the version running).

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sunken Field Master Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 544 iTrader: 0 / 0% Hunter Bux: 0	While ASP may be helpful to learn if you are working with Windows servers, there isn't any real point these days to learning CGI like C++ for websites. PHP is available on 99% of the servers now and it's extremely portable and it has every command you need. In fact, it has a lot of good commands that aren't available in other languages. To me, PHP is closest to C, rather than to Java, but maybe because I'm more used to C than Java.

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sunken Field Master Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 544 iTrader: 0 / 0% Hunter Bux: 0	I agree that PHP is probably a much better choice than CGI or ASP because of it's portability. If you plan to sell or move the site, it would be difficult in some cases to get a server that will run the specific applications written in C++, or they will at least require recompiling each one. PHP, on the other hand, would work on almost all servers (depending only on the version running).