PHP Question...but could it be ASP

[ChompGator]

Hello,

 

The debate of which language is more powerful ASP or PHP Im sure will always be debated, but the application I want to build - I would like to use PHP, but Im wondering if ASP would work better because of all the .NET Email controls and yada yada..

 

Im wanting to build an application that users can submit a 'Help Ticket' to the IT.Desk. A User will create an email using their email client (outlook, hotmail watever) that describes their problem > then they send their email > and their email comes to the help desk. But as soon as the help desk recieves the email an email is immediatly sent back to them, saying "Your Help Desk Ticket Number is XXXXX"

 

Could PHP do the trick for this application, or would any of you recommend another language to create this in ASP, Python, etc...

I wanted to ask before I start trying to code this...

 

Thanks,

[uniflare]

never done this but i believe most hosting services provide this feature anyway.

 

would possibly be easier if you put a form on your website that lets users who are logged in submit a support ticket, that way you can manage and perform emails etc with ease.

 

[EDIT: Post number 500!]

[ChompGator]

Meaning like >User goes to a form on the website > Fills out form > submits it > server sends and email back to the email address they provided with a ticket number?

 

Thanks for the help!

[uniflare]

Yes exatcly, think of it as a simple php registration, except your only dealing with a userid/message etc rather than an actualy user registration.

 

php could do this easily, personally ive never used asp but i think its more usefull when dealing with executables/ .net files etc.

[Barand]

In my experience, writing exactly the same functionality, accessing the same database for the same records, using PHP and ASP, the PHP version has outperformed the ASP version by a factor of 3 (minimum) and, in one case, by a factor of 70.