similarities between php and asp

[fizzwizz]

I currently work in web design and use php for all my scripting needs. However I may have been given the opportunity to work for another company.
The problem is that they use asp. Is there much difference and would the transition to asp be straight forward or would I have to learn from scratch?

Many thanks ... Fizz

[stolzyboy]

IMO, programming is programming, but you will run into syntax differences with for loops, while loops, etc...

and there are less (in numbers) handy functions in ASP than PHP, for example, if you are used to using [man]copy[/man] or [man]move_uploaded_file[/man] in PHP, good luck using those in ASP, ASP needs a third party program to do file uploads easily, or you need to make complex code to upload files, that is just one example, but you probably get the idea

but like i said, if you know how to program, and you get the syntax down and have a book handy for the functions, you should be able to get around it after a little while

[csousley]

I went through this about three years ago, just backwards. Went from ASP to PHP, and I agree with 'stolzyboy', once you know how to program, it's all just syntax.

A couple other quick notes, ASP is interesting in that it can be written in Javascript or VBScript. If your moving from PHP to Javascript ASP, the move will be very easy, the syntax is more/less the same. From PHP to VBScript ASP will be a little more work, not much, but the syntax changes are going to be bigger and more frequent.

Don't be to worried though, it's not that bad. Good Luck!

[laserlight]

I think that machine language/assembly language is a little different from high-level languages that we're used to, though.

But I digress 🙂

[fizzwizz]

Thanks everyone. The advice will be really helpful