Should I switch from Asp to Php?

[jsbeads]

Should I switch from Asp to Php?

I have an e-Commerce website with MS-SQL as my backend.
On top of the online catalog, I have about 100 additional ASP pages.

I am sort of looking at PHP ‘cause everybody tells me I should be on a Unix platform.

Every hosting company that I have used always tells me that Windows/ASP is a bad combo. (You know a drain on resources

[Artstart]

yes, you should

[jatar_k]

Well, don't just switch because someone tells you it's a good idea.

If you are sticking with a windows server with MS-SQL then don't switch, no point.

If you aren't having any problems then why rewrite the whole site?

If you need to switch hosts or there is some advantage to changing your technology then PHP is a good option.

[ergophobe]

Of course, everyone here is completely objective, however, I would add: don't ask the question in a forum dedicated to PHP unless you're looking for "yesses"!

[IanKelley]

Windows and ASP is considerably slower than PHP and, yes, there is a higher resource drain.

There are a million reasons not to use Win/ASP but I'm not feeling verbose at the moment :-)

If the site's working I don't see any reason for the huge project of converting to PHP but in the future, stay away from basing your sites on proprietary software.

[Bigjohn]

I'm a php newbie.

Php is cool.

However -
If you've got 100's of pages, and NO REASON to change (i.e. the site works, stays up, has no performance problems) then don't.

If you want to try recoding some of it for fun, go ahead. Then you can see for yourself what the difference is.

John

[Yardboy]

PHP/MySQL have an excellent price vs. performance ratio.

Practically speaking, for this site it sounds like a it would be easier and more convienient to stay with MS, unless you want to learn PHP, and have the time to convert it.

[Artstart]

my suggestion is build a clone in PHP and see how much fun and freedom you can have.

Don't let anyone scare you with 100's of pages. With php most of them will be copy page text and paste it on the prepared templates.