In terms of getting a page up and working, then PHP likely to be
quicker, as its pretty easy to learn.
Java kind of demands you learn more "machinary" before doing much, but
it may provide you with more capability once you get comfortable with it.
In terms of installing and configuring, well PHP is just an Apache
module, so it is reasonably easy to get going.
To get JSP's going you really need to use a servlet engine (e.g Jakarta
Tomcat) - you dont *actually* need Apache httpd at all in this case
(there are reasons to have it tho, and there is an Apache module to link
'em - mod_jk or mod_jk2).
To further confuse, there are a number open source J2EE engines that
offer more functionality than Tomcat - (Jboss and Jetty come immediately
to mind).
Any of these would actually be a good choice - hope I have helped :-)
regards
Mark
Andrew Falanga wrote:
> So, what I'm wondering is, which platform offers better (more stable,
> ease of use, ease of maintainability, etc.) support for developing such
> an application. One consideration that has been brought to my attention
> is that PHP is natively supported by Apache and JSP requires a separate
> interpreter (Jakarta or whatever).
>