🆚 ASP vs. PHP

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP, also known as "classic" ASP) is a server-side scripting language and dynamic web page engine. It was developed by Microsoft from 1996 to 2000 and now superseded by ASP.NET.

PHP is a widely used free server-side scripting language designed for building dynamic web applications and powering content-driven websites.

Originally meaning "Personal Home Page", it now uses the recursive acronym "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" and is tightly integrated with HTML, databases, and web servers.

Since version 7, PHP has evolved substantially, introducing major performance gains that roughly doubled execution speed compared to PHP 5 and reduced memory usage. PHP 8 added features such as just-in-time compilation, type system improvements, attributes, enums, readonly properties, and fibers.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 Most popular in China in the Legacy category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Macao in the Legacy category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Legacy category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Israel in the Legacy category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Italy in the Programming Languages category.

• 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Platforms category.
• 🥇 Most popular in France in the Platforms category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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