server pages, HUH?

[John Smith]

Hi you all. Can someone please clear something up either by explaining it or
directing me to a link. Which is the best to use for dynamic webpage content
as well as database connectivity? I am learning jsp and java servlets, and
am reading about asp and php.. but am stumpped, with no help of course from
chat rooms. They all obviously know too much to be bothered with my
questions. Thanks.

[Andi B]

No one language is really better than another - it all depends on what
you're intending to do.

ASP is Microsoft Proprietary, which means that it won't run on most
Linux/Unix servers, whereas PHP will run on pretty much every web server.
Also, while ASP can connect to a database just as easy as PHP, its worth
noting that MS Access doesn't handle a lot of connections well, so for
database usage, the best script language would be the one that you can get
to interface with a MySQL database the easiest.

-Z

Post by John Smith
Hi you all. Can someone please clear something up either by explaining it or
directing me to a link. Which is the best to use for dynamic webpage content
as well as database connectivity? I am learning jsp and java servlets, and
am reading about asp and php.. but am stumpped, with no help of course from
chat rooms. They all obviously know too much to be bothered with my
questions. Thanks.