General syntax |
- ASP Comments, inline
'my dog has fleas |
- PHP Comments, inline
//my dog has fleas |
- ASP Comments, block
not available?
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- PHP Comments, block
/* The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. */ |
- ASP, Escaping quotes
""
"var text1=""<img src=\""blank.gif\"">"";" |
- PHP, Escaping quotes
\" or use ' like javascript
'var text1="<img src=\"blank.gif\">";'; |
- ASP Command termination
None, but only one command per line.
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- PHP Command termination
Each command must end with ; but multiple commands per line are allowed. |
- ASP Screen output
response.write "hello"
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- PHP Screen output
echo "hello";
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- ASP Newline characters
vbCrLf
response.write "hello" & vbCrLf |
- PHP Newline characters
"\n" (must be inside "", not '')
echo "hello \n"; |
- ASP Variable Names
Not case sensitive, so fName is the same as FNAME |
- PHP Variable Names
Case sensitive AND must begin with $ so $fName is NOT the same as $FNAME |
String Functions |
- ASP String concatenation
&
fname=name1 & " " & name2 emsg=emsg & "error!" |
- PHP String concatenation
. and .=
$fname=$name1." ".$name2; $emsg.="error!"; |
- ASP, Change case
LCase(), UCase()
lowerName=LCase(chatName) upperName=UCase(chatName) |
- PHP, Change case
strtolower(), strtoupper()
$lowerName=strtolower($chatName); $upperName=strtoupper($chatName); |
- ASP String length
Len()
n=Len(chatName)
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- PHP String length
strlen()
$n=strlen($chatName);
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- ASP, Trim whitespace
Trim()
temp=Trim(xpage)
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- PHP, Trim whitespace
trim() and also ltrim(), rtrim()
$temp=trim($xpage);
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- ASP String sections
Left(), Right(), Mid()
Left("abcdef",3) result = "abc"
Right("abcdef",2) result = "ef"
Mid("abcdef",3) result = "cdef"
Mid("abcdef",2,4) result = "bcde" |
- PHP String sections
substr()
substr("abcdef",0,3); result = "abc"
substr("abcdef",-2); result = "ef"
substr("abcdef",2); result = "cdef"
substr("abcdef",1,4); result = "bcde" |
- ASP String search forward, reverse
Instr(), InstrRev()
x=Instr("abcdef","de") x=4
x=InstrRev("alabama","a") x=7 |
- PHP String search forward, reverse
strpos(), strrpos()
$x=strpos("abcdef","de"); x=3
$x=strrpos("alabama","a"); x=6 |
- ASP String replace
Replace(string exp,search,replace)
temp=Replace(temp,"orange","apple") temp=Replace(temp,"'","\'") temp=Replace(temp,"""","\""")
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- PHP String replace
str_replace(search,replace,string exp)
$temp=str_replace("orange","apple",$temp); $temp=str_replace("'","\\'",$temp); $temp=str_replace("\"","\\\"",$temp);
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- ASP, split a string into an array
Split()
temp="cows,horses,chickens"
farm=Split(temp,",",-1,1)
x=farm(0) |
- PHP, split a string into an array
explode()
$temp="cows,horses,chickens";
$farm=explode(",",$temp);
$x=$farm[0]; |
- ASP, convert ASCII to String
x=Chr(65) x="A"
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- PHP, convert ASCII to String
$x=chr(65); x="A"
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- ASP, convert String to ASCII
x=Asc("A") x=65
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- PHP, convert String to ASCII
$x=ord("A") x=65
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Control Structures |
- ASP, if statements
if x=100 then
x=x+5
elseif x<200 then
x=x+2
else
x=x+1
end if |
- PHP, if statements
if ($x==100) {
$x=$x+5;
}
else if ($x<200) {
$x=$x+2;
}
else {
$x++;
} |
- ASP, for loops
for x=0 to 100 step 2
if x>p then exit for
next |
- PHP, for loops
for ($x=0; $x<=100; $x+=2) {
if ($x>$p) {break;}
} |
- ASP, while loops
do while x<100
x=x+1
if x>p then exit do
loop |
- PHP, while loops
while ($x<100) {
$x++;
if ($x>$p) {break;}
} |
- ASP, branching
select case chartName
case "TopSales"
theTitle="Best Sellers"
theClass="S"
case "TopSingles"
theTitle="Singles Chart"
theClass="S"
case "TopAlbums"
theTitle="Album Chart"
theClass="A"
case else
theTitle="Not Found"
end select |
- PHP, branching
switch ($chartName) {
case "TopSales":
$theTitle="Best Sellers"; $theClass="S";
break;
case "TopSingles":
$theTitle="Singles Chart"; $theClass="S";
break;
case "TopAlbums":
$theTitle="Album Chart"; $theClass="A";
break;
default:
$theTitle="Not Found";
} |
- ASP functions
Function myFunction(x)
myFunction = x*16 'Return value
End Function |
- PHP functions
function myFunction($x) {
return $x*16; //Return value
} |
HTTP Environment |
- ASP, Server variables
Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT")
Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_ADDR")
Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER") |
- PHP, Server variables
$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"];
$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
$_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"];
$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];
@$_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]; @ = ignore errors |
- ASP Page redirects
Response.redirect("wrong_link.htm")
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- PHP Page redirects
header("Location: wrong_link.htm");
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- ASP, GET and POST variables
Request.QueryString("chat") Request.Form("username")
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- PHP, GET and POST variables
@$_GET["chat"]; @ = ignore errors @$_POST["username"];
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- ASP, prevent page caching
Response.CacheControl="no-cache" Response.AddHeader "pragma","no-cache"
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- PHP, prevent page caching
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache"); header("Pragma: no-cache");
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- ASP, Limit script execution time, in seconds
Server.ScriptTimeout(240)
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- PHP, Limit script execution time, in seconds
set_time_limit(240);
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- ASP, Timing script execution
s_t=timer
...ASP script to be timed...
duration=timer-s_t
response.write duration &" seconds" |
- PHP, Timing script execution
$s_t=microtime();
...PHP script to be timed...
$duration=microtime_diff($s_t,microtime());
$duration=sprintf("%0.3f",$duration);
echo $duration." seconds";
//required function
function microtime_diff($a,$b) {
list($a_dec,$a_sec)=explode(" ",$a);
list($b_dec,$b_sec)=explode(" ",$b);
return $b_sec-$a_sec+$b_dec-$a_dec;
} |
File System Functions |
- ASP, create a file system object (second line is wrapped)
'Required for all file system functions fileObj=Server.CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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- PHP, create a file system object
Not necessary in PHP
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- ASP, check if a file exists
pFile="data.txt" fileObj.FileExists(Server.MapPath(pFile))
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- PHP, check if a file exists
$pFile="data.txt"; file_exists($pFile);
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- ASP, Read a text file
pFile="data.txt"
xPage=fileObj.GetFile(Server.MapPath(pFile))
xSize=xPage.Size 'Get size of file in bytes
xPage=fileObj.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath(pFile))
temp=xPage.Read(xSize) 'Read file
linkPage.Close |
- PHP, Read a text file
$pFile="data.txt";
$temp=file_get_contents($pFile); //Read file |
Time and Date Functions |
- ASP, Server Time or Date
Now, Date, Time
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- PHP, Server Time or Date
date()
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- ASP, Date format (default)
Now = 3/19/2007 8:13:10 AM Date = 3/19/2007 Time = 8:13:10 AM
Various ASP functions extract date parts:
Month(Date) = 3 MonthName(Month(Date)) = March Day(Date) = 19 WeekdayName(Weekday(Date)) = Monday WeekdayName(Weekday(Date),False) = Mon
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- PHP, Date format
There is no default format in PHP. The date() function is formatted using codes:
date("n/j/Y g:i:s A") = 3/19/2007 8:13:10 AM
date("n") = 3 date("F") = March date("j") = 19 date("l") = Monday date("D") = Mon
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Numeric Functions |
- ASP, convert decimal to integer
Int()
n=Int(x)
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- PHP, convert decimal to integer
floor()
$n=floor($x);
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- ASP, determine if a value is numeric
IsNumeric()
if IsNumeric(n) then ... |
- PHP, determine if a value is numeric
is_numeric()
if (is_numeric($num)) {...}
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- ASP, modulus function
x mod y
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- PHP, modulus function
$x % $ |