PHP vs ASP

it was an amazing journey during the months of july and august! finally sat back and really enjoying life as a web developer wannabe

started with HTML, XHTML, CSS and now, Javascript, PHP and later XML.. wonder how AJAX is used..

moreover, there'll so much more hybrid languages emerging in the future..

For server-side scripting, i chose PHP over ASP for the following reasons:
1. It's FREE
2. It's a C-based language, very familiar and easy to adapt
3. Works in both IIS and Apache
4. Platform conversion to total L(inux)A(pache)M(ySQL)P(HP)

the only setback now is setting up the Apache server. Gruesome process since i know nuts about cgi-bin, or knowledge on compilation in Visual Basic C++

gonna get over with this soon.. See to it!