PHP vs ASP: Survey for Science Project

[bearruler]

If you can, post the survey as well as voting

This is a survey I really need for science fair (ASP vs PHP)

Its short, please take a minute to help me out 😃

Age:

Age you learned your first programming language:

Do you know php?

If yes, why did you learn it?

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)?

If yes, why did you learn it?

Do you know both asp and php?

If yes, which do you like better?

If yes, which did you learn first?

If yes, which do you use more?

If no, why did you learn one and not the other?

Which do you think is more efficient?

Thank you guys so much if you filled this out, its an awsome help for my project (due in one week :queasy: )

Bear

[bpat1434]

Age: 21

Age you learned your first programming language: 12

Do you know php? Yes

If yes, why did you learn it? It actually kind of just happened. I started with HTML, and a friend asked me to help him out with some PHP code. I picked up from that spot and just kept running.

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)? No

If yes, why did you learn it? N/A

Do you know both asp and php? Technically no; however, I can make my way around ASP(.NET) if I needed to though.

If yes, which do you like better? I obviously like PHP better

If yes, which did you learn first? PHP

If yes, which do you use more? PHP

If no, why did you learn one and not the other? I learned PHP because it sees to be more widely adopted than ASP(.NET). PHP is open source and has many more contributors to the project than one company (Microsoft) who does a lack-luster job of creating software in the first place. PHP is also free and brings down the cost of a server (a plus for a kid strapped for cash). And PHP is easier to manage and control than ASP.

Which do you think is more efficient? I can't say which is more efficient because it depends on what you're looking at. Coding time: PHP. Execution: Either, it's a toss up depending upon the script(s) running. Learning (¿Curve?): PHP, much larger user-base and "guru-base" than ASP seems to have.

Generally, I believe in Open Source Software because of the fact that anyone can contribute to make whatever it is better. Large companies like to keep their code limited in what it can do, as well as how far programmers can expand it. So PHP seems to be more extensible in that there's a larger user-base and anyone can get involved in creating it.

~Brett

[Jason_Batten]

Age: 20 years - 11 months

Age you learned your first programming language: 20 years - 2 months

Do you know php? Yes, I know the core of the language.

If yes, why did you learn it? I wanted to write my own CMS for my hobby web site.

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)? Nope.

If yes, why did you learn it?

Do you know both asp and php? No.

If yes, which do you like better?

If yes, which did you learn first?

If yes, which do you use more?

If no, why did you learn one and not the other? To my understanding ASP is not a language [pls correct if wrong], you seem to have to use C# or VB to write ASP scripts which just seems stupid to me. I would like to look further into it but I would like to learn C first.

Which do you think is more efficient? I have no idea. For me, it's PHP because I don't know ASP 😉

Bottom line: I don't know at this point in time. I use PHP because it is what I know. In a few years when my skills have grown perhaps then I will be able to make a better judgement [based on the project/situation]. These answers will generally have nothing to do with fact only people's opinions.

[thorpe]

Age: 31

Age you learned your first programming language: 26

Do you know php? yes

If yes, why did you learn it? it seemed allot more powerfull than asp.

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)? asp (vbscript)

If yes, why did you learn it? it was very easy to learn.

Do you know both asp and php? yes

If yes, which do you like better? php

If yes, which did you learn first? asp

If yes, which do you use more? php

If no, why did you learn one and not the other?

Which do you think is more efficient? i would say php. asp is missing allot of the functionality of php.

[perrohunter]

Age:
19

Age you learned your first programming language:
11

Do you know php?
Yes

If yes, why did you learn it?
Because it looked easy, open source and alot of support without need of money

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)?
No

If yes, why did you learn it?

Do you know both asp and php?
No

If yes, which do you like better?
PHP

If yes, which did you learn first?

If yes, which do you use more?

If no, why did you learn one and not the other?
Because there are more tutorials about PHP than ASP, and PHP is free, and more sites use .php files, thats i think what got most of my attention

Which do you think is more efficient?
PHP , im always having problems with viewing ASP sites

[harmor]

Age: 20

Age you learned your first programming language: 18

Do you know php? yes

If yes, why did you learn it? I like what it can do

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)? no

If yes, why did you learn it?

Do you know both asp and php? I don't knoe ASP at all

If yes, which do you like better?

If yes, which did you learn first?

If yes, which do you use more?

If no, why did you learn one and not the other? I'm not sure

Which do you think is more efficient? I don't know

[_theworks]

Age: 18

Age you learned your first programming language: 13

Do you know php? yes

If yes, why did you learn it? i heard it was better than ASP

Do you know asp or asp.net (specify which please)? Some Asp 3.0

If yes, why did you learn it? i wanted to create dynamic websites

Do you know both asp and php? yes

If yes, which do you like better? PHP

If yes, which did you learn first? ASP

If yes, which do you use more? PHP (i dont use asp anymore)

If no, why did you learn one and not the other? N/a

Which do you think is more efficient? php