PHP is the abbreviation of the English hypertext preprocessing language Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is an HTML embedded language. It is a scripting language that is executed on the server side and embedded in HTML documents. The style of the language is: Similar to C language, it is widely used.
ASP is the abbreviation of Active Server Page, which means "dynamic server page". ASP is an application developed by Microsoft to replace CGI script programs. It can interact with databases and other programs and is a simple and convenient programming tool. The format of ASP web page files is .asp, which is now commonly used in various dynamic websites. In addition, the abbreviations of aspirin, aspartic acid, Alibaba Software Sales Partner, and American Armed Systems and Programs Company are also ASP. PHP is a technical language for writing websites, and ASP is also a language for writing websites.
But why has PHP become a mainstream nowadays? Because it is open source code, just like today's mobile phone Android system, it is developed based on Linux system. If it is open source, users can set whatever functions they want. Therefore, PHP's security is relatively high compared to ASP. This is incomparable to ASP. However, the results they produced were similar. . ASP is the earliest web programming language.
ASP:
1. Use simple and easy-to-understand scripting languages such as VBScript and JScript, combined with HTML code, to quickly complete website applications.
2. No need to compile, easy to write, and can be executed directly on the server side.
3. Use an ordinary text editor, such as Windows Notepad, to edit and design.
4. Browser Independence, the client can browse the web content designed by Active Server Pages as long as it uses a browser that can execute HTML code. The script languages (VBScript, Jscript) used by Active ServerPages are executed on the web server side, and the client's browser does not need to be able to execute these script languages.
5.Active Server Pages is compatible with any ActiveX scripting language. In addition to using VB Script or JScript language to design, you can also use other script languages provided by third parties through plug-in, such as REXX, Perl, Tcl, etc. The script engine is a COM (Component Object Model) object that handles script programs.
6. Server-side scripts can be used to generate client-side scripts.
7. ActiveX Server Components (ActiveX server components) have unlimited scalability. You can use Visual Basic, Java, Visual C++, COBOL and other programming languages to write the ActiveX Server Component you need.
PHP:
1. Database connection
PHP can be compiled with functions to connect to many databases. PHP and MySQL are an excellent combination right now. You can also write your own peripheral functions to access the database indirectly. In this way, when you change the database you use, you can easily modify the coding to adapt to such changes. PHPLIB is the most commonly used series of base libraries that can provide general transaction needs. However, the database interface support provided by PHP is not unified with each other. For example, the interfaces to Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase are different from each other. This is also a weakness of PHP.
Two different dynamic web design languages. ASP was developed by Microsoft and is mainly used on the WINDOWS platform. The writing format and language are different. ASP is mostly written in VBScript, with some assistance in JavaScript; PHP has better interactive performance and better security than ASP, mainly under the LINUX platform.