Here’s a quick comparison of PHP vs ASP
• Open source
• Free
• PHP is cross-platform scripting language.
- It can run on Linux, Solaris, Windows
- ASP runs reliably on IIS
• PHP is faster than ASP
• No Hidden Costs with PHP
• PHP is object oriented

Why use PHP?

• It’s fast: On Web sites, because it is embedded in HTML code, the time to process and load a Web page is short.

• It’s free: PHP is proof that free lunches do exist and that you can get more than you paid for.

• It’s easy to use: The syntax is simple and easy to understand and use,even for non-programmers. For use in Web sites, PHP code is designed to be included easily in an HTML file.

• It’s versatile: PHP runs on a wide variety of operating systems —Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and most varieties of Unix.