[KLUG Members] PHP vs ASP

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

>It works on nearly all platforms and web servers
>The code is very portable between platforms
>It's not controlled by Microsoft
>It's easy to learn

Yep,  I'd never created a WEB PAGE, not using HTML anyway,  and I wrote a PHP
database app in about four hours on a rainy Saturday.  It evolved, thanks to
others, into the KLUG schedule page!

>it's very similar to perl

Hey!  We're trying to PROMOTE Open Source, not scare people away. :)

>It's very similar to c
>It can be object oriented if you desire

Or at least sort of.  Object aggregation is available only in CVS, but single
inheritence works in > 4.x.x.  There are not private/protected clauses.

>It's free (speech)
>It's free (beer)
>Makes database access REAL easy (and it supports lots of them)
>Can be embedded into HTML very easily

Is the ability to mix code and HTML a feature?  Or an invitation to create what
will later be mistaken for a scrambled text file?