The distinction between the pros and cons of the most widely used web development frameworks .NET and PHP is certainly giving rise to the dilemma that arises during the development process. As a result, it becomes essential to address these points of distinction to bridge the inefficiency gap and pave the way towards a smooth software development process.
Features of .NET And PHP
Ideally, both PHP and .NET frameworks play crucial roles while defining and executing the web development process. PHP which is an open-source programming language is usually embedded in HTML language. Precisely, it was created and developed by Rasmus Lerdrof and Zend Technologies in the year 1995. Ever since then, there are several updates for the same, but the latest and the most stable release is 7.2.5 which was launched in 2018.
Being written in C and C++, the syntax of PHP is similar to C language broadly. Thus, it becomes easier for PHP to connect with Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, etc. Moreover, it uses PHP Interpreter for processing the code. Oops, a concept that comes along with PHP 3 and PHP 4 makes the programming secure, simpler, and flexible. As a result, it is used for developing more dynamic yet simple applications with the help of GUI and command-line tools.
.NET is the software framework that majorly runs on Microsoft Platforms and acts as the layer between programming languages and operating systems Being released in the year 2002 this licensed and open-source framework consists of essential components like CLI and CLR ( Common Language Runtime )which are written using C or C++. Besides this, the framework supports several other languages like Vb.net and provides a common set of libraries to support several languages.
The framework allows the compilation of code and converts them into Intermediate Language (IL) not Machine Language (ML). With its immense support for cross-platform functioning and security mechanism .NET helps to manage memory as well. To remove the unused objects Garbage Collector (GC) runs across the entire framework in a particular interval of time. GC, fondly known as generational also enhances the overall performance of the application. Thus; it becomes easier for developers to write code in any language as the variation only lies in the syntax.
