Difference in server side Java and server side PHP?

Question

With a web stack setup, like LAMP, all you need is the HTTP server, a database, and a programming language like PHP or Perl to make websites.

However, with Java (not including doing CGIs in Java), it's kind of different. You need to install Tomcat, and other things I don't know about.

What is the difference between making web apps in PHP/Perl or some other language with Java or .Net?

Answer 1

It doesn't really sound like you understand the technology. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. You do know Tomcat is Apache. Even with LAMP, you still have to install the individual components



It really doesn't matter what web server you use, not does it matter for web apps.



PHP, Java, C#, VB all do the same thing. And Jeff is wrong, .Net is not a programming language. It is just a group of foundational assemblies and classes that any programming language can access if installed on the box. The 2 most common languages that use .Net is C# and VB.

Answer 2

You need linux, java, tomcat and mysql. Tomcat requires java and replaces apache. It uses jsp instead of php pages. Tomcat connects to mysql using java jdbc package. I have configuration like this running at:



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Answer 3

PHP, Java, and .NET are three completely different programming languages and technologies. In fact, the only things they really have in common are they are programming language and can be used to make web applications and services. You really need to ask a more specific question to get a better answer.