PHP versus ASP : Difference between PHP and ASP

PHP and ASP both are languages specify in web development. These are used in  server side programming language to develop dynamic web applications. We have a compare chat which shows the advantage and disadvantage of both the languages on different parameter.

PHP	ASP
PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor.	ASP stands for Active Server Pages.
This is a language which is used to write server side code.	This is also a language which provides server side programming interface to the website.
PHP may be run on most of servers like Apache, IIS,PWS etc.	ASP  program execute only windows server i.e. IIS
This is open source package where user can see the source code, and optimize it.	This is approach from Microsoft technology which is not show the original source code of product.
PHP   programming style familiar with c++.	ASP syntax familiar with BASIC language.
PHP has object oriented features like inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation etc.	ASP also include object orientation concept.
PHP runs on major platforms like Unix, MAC, Windows etc.	It runs only on windows.
PHP is open source package which is freely available for developers.	This is Microsoft product and we need to purchase license before use it.
PHP sites are no overhead problems so it’s code execute in less time.	ASP has overhead problems which takes time to execute the code.
PHP is user friendly because it is similar to c/c++ and provides better libraries and reference.	In asp we have to write lots of code for developing application.
PHP executed with well managed code.	This is run with unmanaged code.
Cost of development is less because it is freeware.	Cost of development is high because it is license ware.