PHP or JSP

[rfurdzik]

Which one is better ? Which one shoul I use ?

I'm trying to write a PGN (chess file) parsing routine with some advance chess functionality.

[Anon]

That's a tricky one ;-)
In my experience, I have found that making a beta and a RC in PHP and then delivering the final version in JSP is quick and easy.
If I had to do everything in JSP, it would usualy take me two to three times the time it takes me to make the same thing with PHP, and I would blow up every deadlines.
Working with PHP on the initial stages allows me to allocate the time I would be using to modify my object model and debug my JAVA to refine my PHP procedures, debug extensively my code, and, working from that, create an adequate object model and then translate my PHP in JAVA servlets & beans and JSP tags & pages.

[rfurdzik]

So you are using JSP for your project. I guess it has more functionality

[Anon]

When it comes to web programming, PHP beats JAVA easily. PHP is fast, easy and has all the needed functions. JSP, on the other hand, may be more scalable, may be somewhat more difficult to understand, and is, in my opinion, more obsurely documented. Granted, when you get used to it, the documentation is no longer a problem. On the first projects, do not expect to save time by translating from PHP to JSP, on the contrary, expect to loose time. However, once your main routines/objects are translated (database connectivity, string manipulations, ...) it is comes really fast. It took me three projects to have the basics well round up, and I am stil working on it. I do not think that I will ever come close to a perfect work method, however I think that I have pretty much covered the basics and some more.