PHP or C sharp

[izzy]

I am going to get into some code for the web. I want to learn a good language but dont know which one to go with. What are the advantages of these? Why would you go with one over the other?

[TAPE DRIVE]

I would go with C sharp because there are tons of Microsoft servers and businesses will probably be using that over Linux.

[GoldenRabbit]

Our ticket system is Kayako and it is written in PHP. If you are talking data center stuff, go PHP. Besides you can still run PHP on Windows.

[Webmaster]

It's a toss up. Everyone is right on this one. I do PHP because the system that supports it (LAMP) is free. I can spawn a LAMP setup nearly anywhere for free and have a PHP site up and running in no time, with no cost. See

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html

If you go with ASP, .NET, CS, or some other Microsoft technology, you are required to use a Windows a server with IIS and usually MS-SQL. Those things all cost money and you will need to reboot an IIS server alot more than a Linux box running Apache.

The Microsoft technologies are more common in a corporate environment as most of them are Windows shops. The rabbit is correct is saying data center stuff is nearly all PHP because DC shops love Linux.

[izzy]

Thank you all for the comments. I will actually be doing both. That way I have my options open.