ASP runs only on Windows. PHP is totally platform independant so it can run on "ANYTHING". I been playing with FreeBSD for months. I plan to use FreeBSD as my server running web sites and a file-storage system to store my work securely because both of these servers will be jailed. So now all I need to learn is how to do some web-programming and I read that PHP and AJAX are the things to do from here until QUANTUM. After I understood that, no one had to tell me twice... PHP itself may be a little out of wack .. That is because too many coder packing in this and that to make PHP better but learn years latter it made something else not work. So my work-around would be to not to use so many PHP functions unless you have to. Until I learn better, I see that as the kiddy way to get something done ... Just because it easy don't mean "use it". I plan to write my own loops where I can. The trick is to stay low-level as possible and leave the toys along where ever can. Other than java this and javascript that, PHP and ASP are the only true programming languages that works on the WEB... all other, coming by the tons, are for desktop application like C, C++, etc.. The only problem with PHP is that nobody want to go into details about anything. such as a function that works for array will not work for a 2-D array, etc ... .. anyway, best of all, the core of PHP was written in pure C and can run on the WEB ... who could ask for more???

Other than java this and javascript that, PHP and ASP are the only true programming languages that works on the WEB

May I suggest that you need to do a lot more research into programming languages and frameworks.
For a start ASP is NOT a language, it is a framework that supports TWO languages, JScript (Java syntax) and vBScript (visual Basic syntax)
What about:

JSP (Apache Tomcat servers)
.NET framework (and the Mono project to port .NET to Apache)
ColdFusion.
Perl
Python

AND it is perfectly feasible to write C or C++ applications that run in the context of a webserver, or did you think that websites such as Amazon, eBay and Google run on scripting languages?

Nothing worse than passing false information. I think I best go to the library and read some books about web programming because some of all I read on the INTERNET ends up not being true or what I dream it up to be. Thanks for putting me in check chrishirst. I actually believe what I wrote from day-1. Now I wonder about BSD vs Windows Server again. I guest they all only boost their own at any cost.

I read on the INTERNET ends up not being true

Well that's a shocker

But seriously, you should never take anything you read on the Internet at face value with corroborating the information, and that includes the "font of all knowledge" Wikipedia.
So many people simply republish or collate erroneous and mis-information about all manner of subjects without verifying the validity of their sources.
Added to that there is the use of "automatic" translators that more often than not simply turn the original into gibberish, or article "spinners" that change the context by rearranging words and adding synonyms inappropriately.

PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
PHP scripts are executed on the server
PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
PHP is an open source software
PHP is free to download and use

PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP

ASP is NOT a language it is a framework supporting TWO languages.

What is PHP? One thing comes to mind.