Programmers of the world have been in a debate right after the launch of ASP.net which was launched in 2001 long time after PHP which has been in use since 1984.Both ASP.net and PHP are programming languages. PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor and ASP.net stand for Active Server Pages. ASP.net is a programming language built by Microsoft and it is based on another language called classic ASP and Microsoft owns both of these languages. Classic ASP is also known as the forefather of ASP.net as Classic

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ASP was created in mid-1990s and it is the base on which ASP.net is created. PHP is an ‘open source’ language and the source code is available for download at no cost so it is free software available. ASP.net is also a free language but you will not be able to view the source code of it which does not make it an open source language. As ASP.net is not an open source language you will not be able to edit its source, but this is not the case with PHP as it is a open source language and you can run PHP as per your requirements by editing the source of the language which will speed it up or enable you to install custom modifications.

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You will be able to create feature rich applications with both of them as they provide you with classic features and also the add-ons which will enable you to extend their framework and this will surely help you out to create feature rich applications. As Microsoft has created and owns ASP.net there is no problem to get the necessary support as enough support is available for it through online documentation and also by other community forums. Support for PHP is also available easily for users of the language as there is a large active community which provides the support.

PHP has been used for programming websites from a long time and still it is used by many of the programmers around the world for programming many of the websites on the internet and it also involves the benefit that Along with the use of MySQL database engine, it can also be used with SQLite and Oracle as well. There are many types of database that you will be able to connect to when you use PHP. Some of them are MySQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL. You can also use Microsoft SQL Server but in some cases only. As it is possible to connect to several databases with PHP, it is considered as a dynamic language. Whereas in comparison to PHP, you can only use Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server databases with ASP.net as it was created by Microsoft to work with these two databases only.

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However, it is possible for you to use it with MySQL databases but you will need third party components for this purpose. You will get a number of applications based on PHP which are available for free as PHP is open source language. As it is an open source language you will find a number of community forums and blogs which will provide you with the information you need about PHP and this is not the same case with ASP.net as it is not an open source language. But PHP does not include built-in AJAX functions which are included in ASP.net. Also many of the users of ASP.net are not happy with Microsoft as it keeps on releasing the updates of the language at regular intervals which is not in the favor of the users as they have to learn the changes in the language and also the codes which are modified or changed along with the functions or the new components which have been or are being added. There are some of the web hosting companies which support PHP and ASP.net and also provide you servers which have PHP and ASP.net already installed on them.