Yes, I have been knowing about ASP and PHP alot of time.

And I'd actually like to compare.

Which one will be better for most people. And which once will run on your web server.

First lets get started with the obvious

• PHP is Cross-Platorm, meaning it supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. ASP is windows only
  
• ASP is semi-difficult to learn. PHP just takes 1 hour to 24 hours
  
• ASP goes slightly faster than PHP
  
• PHP is open-source, ASP is closed-source.
  
• PHP is a framework of Zend Scripting, ASP is built from scratch by Microsoft.
  
• PHP is updated frequently. ASP only updates with new .NET Framework updates
  
• PHP uses <?php ?> while ASP uses <% %>
  
• PHP is similar to C++
  
• ASP is similar to Microsoft's Visual C#
  

Which one is better? In my opinion I think PHP is because its open source, meaning anybody can contribute to its source code, making bug fixes faster for PHP. While ASP is closed source and only runs on Windows. And windows servers go slightly slower than Mac and Linux servers.

What do you think?