PHP is the recursive acronym for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is the widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially used for web development and embedded into the HTML. Its scripts are executed on the server. Files of PHP contains HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP code. It is executed on the server and the result is returned to the browser as the plain HTML. Its files are saved with the .php extension.
Basic Syntax: PHP scripts start with <?php and ends with ?> and can be used anywhere in the document.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo “neveropen!”;
?>
</body>
</html>
C# pronounced as C sharp. It is a modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language. C# is the language that has the ability to let developers build many types of applications that are secure and robust and able to run in .NET.
Basic Syntax:
using System;
class Hello
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine(“neveropen”);
}
}
Following is a table of Differences between PHP and C#:
| Basis of Comparison | PHP | C# |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | PHP is the reverse acronym for the Hypertext preprocessor. | C# is pronounced as C Sharp. |
| Language | It is the general purpose scripting language. | It is an object-oriented programming language. |
| Founder | PHP was founded by Rasmus Lerdorf. | C# was founded by Microsoft. |
| Requirement |
For executing PHP files we require:
|
For this, we require Integrated Development Environment for writing code. These are:
|
| Categories of variables | There are no categories of variables. We have a total of 8 types of variables used in PHP. |
In these, we have broadly three types of categories of variables. These are :
|
| Variable Declaration |
We have to write the $ symbol to declare any variable. Example: $ a = 10; |
We don’t need to write any extra symbol, just write the type of the variable used. Example: int a = 10; // for integer type |
| Types of Loops | We can use four types of loops in this that are while for, do-while and foreach loop. | Here we can use three types of loops that are while, for and nested loop. |
| Benefits | It is simple and flexible to use and also good for security purposes. | In these, we have automatic garbage collection, standard libraries. |
| Use | Basically, it is used for web development. | It is used for both web development and desktop applications. |
