PHP and ASP.NET are the two main scripting languages used by web developers. PHP is a multi-platform open-source language whilst ASP.NET is a single platform language built and owned by Microsoft. Both of these languages are packed full of features and add-ons for both are available so that you are able to extend their framework to build feature rich applications. Although PHP is open source, it has a large active community which is there to support users of the language; ASP.NET is a product of Microsoft meaning that there is a large amount of online documentation and other community forums where you can get support.

PHP

PHP is a language which has been around since 1984 and powers many of the world’s websites. It is free and is known as ‘open source’ software meaning that its source code is available for download, at no cost. It widely used in conjunction with the MySQL database engine, but can be used with others such as Oracle and SQLite. PHP is generally easier to code in than ASP.NET, since it has more functions built in than its rival; however, ASP.NET has built-in AJAX functions which is something that PHP lacks. Since PHP is open source, there is a number of applications that are available for free based on it, most of these applications are commonly used and are very powerful; also, there is a greater number of community forums and blogs where you are able to find information regarding PHP since it is open source.

PHP is a dynamic language since there are several different types of database that you are able to connect to, including: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL and in some cases, Microsoft SQL Server. You are also able to edit the source of the language if you wish to speed it up or install custom modifications so that it is able to run as per your requirements; again, this is because it is open source – although ASP.NET is a free language, it isn’t open source meaning that you are unable to edit its source.

ASP.NET 

ASP.NET is a language based on classic ASP – both languages are owned and were created by Microsoft. Although it is a free language, it isn’t open source meaning that you are unable to view or edit the source code of it. Also, it is very limited in what database types you can use with it – Microsoft only invented it to work with Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server databases, although developers can use it with MySQL databases with the help of third party components. Classic ASP, ASP.NET’s forefather, was created back in the mid-1990s and is the base which ASP.NET has been built on. One thing which annoys many ASP.NET developers is the fact that Microsoft is forever releasing updates to the system, and in its course, changing things along the way meaning that in some cases, developers have to keep on learning the changes as well as the new components and functions which are being added.

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ASP.NET is Microsoft’s revolutionary web application technology. ASP.NET has many features built in which other web language framworks don’t support, for example AJAX and drag-n-drop technologies.

In this article you will learn how to send emails from an ASP.NET (.aspx) page.

Note: This will only work with version 2.0+ of the framwork.

1) Import the mail namespace into the page.

2) Create the sub-routine that will send the email.

Sub SendEmail(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

End Sub

To send the mail on page load use the follow sub-routine.

Sub PageLoad(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

End Sub

Note: All sub-routines must be surrounded by the following tags.

3) Declare the appropriate variables.

Dim msg As MailMessage = new MailMessage()
Dim smtp As New SmtpClient(“smtp.yourdomain.com”)

4) Start adding the appropriate details.

msg.From = new MailAddress(“from@yourdomain.com“, “From Person”)
msg.To.Add(new MailAddress(“recipient@domain.com“, “Recipient”))
msg.IsBodyHtml = “False”  ‘Set this to “True” if the message body will be HTML.
msg.Body = “Email Body”
msg.Subject = “The Subject”

5) Send the email.

smtp.Send(msg)

That’s how to send an email using ASP.NET 2.0 (+)!

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