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Is PHP More Secure Than Other Languages Such as NET?
Web based languages are necessary for creating home pages and for more complex ecommerce solutions. In this article we will discuss two of the most popular web languages, PHP and NET. Recent industry surveys confirm that PHP is now the language of choice for more than twenty million domains. This puts NET at a distant third, after PHP and PERL.
How has PHP become so popular so fast? After all, NET is a Microsoft language that is famous for its speed. Even so, webmasters all around the world continue to recommend PHP over NET. One reason for its unprecedented success is that it is compatible with Linux Apache MySQL (LAMB), which is a web server that has been installed on over half of the world’s websites. This popular web server can be downloaded for free from the secure Apache website, and PHP works well with it.
Not surprisingly, financial concerns are the key when it comes to any debate about which language is better NET or PHP. After all, the cost of owning and running Net on Windows is considerably higher than the cost of running PHP on LAMB.
Yet another concern when it comes to NET is accessibility. The NET language only supports windows servers, which effectively rules out platform integration. In the end, NET users can only use Windows servers which can and often does limit future growth.
By comparison, PHP allows users to relocate to other, more versatile platforms whenever they choose. This gives businesses the freedom to write code that can be run on any server that supports PHP. And as we mentioned, well over have of the websites in the world support PHP.
For most businesses the choice is simple. Yes, NET is faster than PHP. But PHP is far cheaper and it offers users increased compatibility and the ability to change platforms whenever they choose. Really, it is a no-brainer.