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PHP and ASP.NET - A Feature List





Introduction

I do not want to call this as a comparison but a list of equivalent features. You
can find a lot of links if you search on the internet regarding 'which
is good and which is bad'. Here, I would like to give the same weightage to
both technologies as both have its advantages and disadvantages.

Background

Well, I made this list when I was thinking about the right technology for one of
my latest requirements. I wanted to make something for a presentation as a part
of my Architecture Design job.

Here Goes the List...

The choice of technology is completely dependent on the requirements. The factors
that influence the decision of choice are based on the following:
  • Complexity of
    Business logic
  • Density of contents
  • Expected number
    of Hits (if it is a website)
  • Budget
  • Size of project,
    etc.
There are multiple options available for many features. The major ones are listed
which are my recommendations.



ASP.NET


PHP


Comments


Latest Stable Version


4.0


5.3.3


As of 19 Aug 2010


License


MS EULA


PHP License v3.01



Price


  • ASP.NET - .NET
    Framework is free. So ASP.NET also free
  • Web Server – IIS
    – Not Free. OS cost applicable
  • OS – Windows Server
    – Not Free


  • PHP – Free
  • Web Server – Free
  • OS – Linux is
    free, Windows is costly


PHP can be installed on any OS and Web server. But ASP.NET is recommended for IIS
only (even though ports to few web servers available)


Third Party Hosting Price


Cost involved


Cost Involved


Both are not costly but if you compare, PHP is found to be a little bit cheaper


Development Cost


Developer cost Involved Visual Studio Express Editions are free Rapid-Application-Development
Model. So development takes less time


Developer Cost Involved Free/Open Source IDEs available Much coding involved


Both are same but ASP.NET is more on Rapid-Application-Development and PHP is more
on Coding


Cross Platform


Yes


Yes


Whatever server side language you use, browsers render only as HTML. But development
is not cross-platform even though ASP.NET got ports for Linux available


Code Portability 


Partial


Yes


For PHP, a code written on Linux/Apache will work on Windows or any OS/Web Server.
But .NET, even though we have ports available, you will require some tweaks to make
it run.


Cloud Feasibility


Possible


Possible


Additionally, for ASP.NET -SQL Azure is also available for database hosting.


Mode of source


Closed Source


Open Source


Application developers have no benefits for either it is closed or openUPDATE: Microsoft also opened .NET
framework code for reference. Note that it is just for reference. You cannot do
anything except reading. A real open source must be able to download, make amendments,
re-compile. You cannot make your own .NET versions.


Promoted by


Microsoft


PHP Community



Customer Support by Owner


Yes


No



Security Fixes


Auto Update – part of OS


Need to update separately when available


Both parties release fixes for bugs and security issues instantly


Developer Help


Community


Community


Both technologies got fans worldwide. They will provide help and guidance through
forums, mail lists, news groups, etc.


Languages


  • C#
  • VB.NET
  • Jscript, etc.


PHP



Database


Any Database Good fit: Microsoft SQL Server


Any Database Good fit: MySQL


Supports most of the databases


Frameworks / OOPs


There is an inbuilt framework (called web forms framework) available which will
force developers to use OOPs


You can write both procedural and OOPs based code



MVC


Microsoft ASP.NET MVC


Symfony



Development IDE


  • Recommended: Microsoft
    Visual Studio
  • Any IDE


  • Recommended: Zend
    Studio
  • Any IDE


Even Notepad can be used for coding. PHP is more easy for that, but if you can afford
Visual Studio, then ASP.NET.


ORM


  • ADO.NET Entity
    Framework
  • NHibernate


Doctrine



Templating


NVelocity


Smarty



Extensibility


  • ASP.NET uses Microsoft.NET
    framework. So you can make use of any functionality available on .NET framework
  • HTTPHandlers
  • HTTPModules
  • ISASP Extensions,
    etc.


PECL – PHP Extension Community Library



Easy to learn


Yes


Yes


Personally I found PHP to be easier for a beginner to learn programming


Recommended for Huge systems?


Yes


No


As per my analysis, PHP is recommended for small-to-medium projects and ASP.NET
and JSP for medium-to-big applicationsUPDATE: If
you think about Facebook, please understand that:
  1. it uses a re-written
    PHP and a
  2. transformer+compiler
    called HipHop which transforms PHP code to highly optimized C++ code and then compiles
    with gcc. We are talking here about the PHP we get for application developers from
    PHP.NET (as it is).


Content Management Systems


  • DotNetNuke
  • SharePoint
  • N2CMS …


  • Typo3
  • Joomla
  • Magento …


Wide variety of options


Advancement


Growing very fast


Growing with limited speed


Micorosft’s team is keen to develop and integrate new features. But since PHP is
promoted by community, it takes time to reach that level


Backward Compatibility


Old code will work on new framework versions without change


Old code might need tweaks to make it work on latest versions



Security


IIS must be improved from the past and now a days it is one of the secure web
servers


Major web servers are secure


ASP.NET, PHP, Oss and its servers are mostly secure. Now developers need to make
sure their coding is secure.


Performance


Faster


Faster for small programs and slower for medium-to-big programs


Very basic old argument – ASP.NET is compiled and PHP is interpreted (line by line
compilation and execution)


Deployment


Multiple methods available E.g.: Publish, XCopy, MSI


You need to copy/paste code to server somehow (e.g.: FTP)



Some useful features


  • WCF (Windows Communication
    Foundation), Web Service, .NET Remoting etc.
  • ASP.NET AJAX
  • Built-in Caching
    features


  • Web Service
  • Third party Ajax
    libraries
  • Third party Caching
    libraries

I do not claim all I stated above are true, but all that I believe to be true. Also
this list is in no way complete. It is time consuming to build a full list, so I
included the major points only.
Correct me if any point is wrong or if I missed any important points.


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