zollet — Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:52:02 +0000

PHP has given MANY people the opportunity to program who would have never been able to before. To write a simple PHP script is almost easier than HTML

Mark Hensler — Wed, 21 Aug 2002 04:02:43 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by nike_guy_man
PHP is easier to work with and has more user-friendly errors

What part of "Internal Server Error" isn't friendly.

nike_guy_man — Wed, 21 Aug 2002 03:35:23 +0000

PHP followed by PERL... I learned PERL 4 years ago, and PHP 2 years ago, and learning PERL made PHP much easier, but PHP is easier to work with and has more user-friendly errors

zollet — Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:37:34 +0000

PHP is my favorite and Perl is second. I've also worked a lot with ASP and MS SQL, but I really don't like ASP.

openmind — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:44:40 +0000

I'm gonna throw a spanner in here and say ColdFusion as its is just as scalable and powerful as ASP & PHP but at the same time easier to learn and code...

Just my $3.56 worth....

ROB — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:02:24 +0000

Perl, PHP

nuk3 — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:20:04 +0000

My favourite server side language would have to be PHP. It's fast, reliable and it can be used for so many things. Plus I like the fact that it can be combined with one of the webs most popular databases, mySQL.

Mark Hensler — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 06:12:31 +0000

I do most of my web development using *NIX solutions, where PHP (& mySQL) is my first choice, followed by PERL.

Before learning PHP or PERL, I used ASP (& MS SQL 7) on IIS. The cost was the main reason for the switch.

Abhishek Reddy — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 01:15:53 +0000

1. PHP
2. ASP

PHP for the same reasons as yours, and that it integrates very well with an excellent database, MySQL.

ASP — first server-side language I learnt. I'm hangin on to it for sentimental value.
It's just my MS alternative for PHP; only used where PHP isn't available. IMO, it has too many weaknesses: MS Access, cost, speed etc.

PHP wins. Again.