Whaaaa??
Eric Newton writes:
http://www.php-compiler.net/
Cool! PHP 5.0 for .NET! I've been trying to keep up with this, and now that I can actually utilize .Net for the object accessing, I just might jump to Phalanger/PHP for my simple websites... Sorry ASP.Net, but most of the time its easier to get what we need via a closer to the metal (closer to the HTML) generator.
Instead of wasting time undertstanding HOW to get ASP.Net to do what you want, since PHP is simpler, I think it'll catch on with the hobbyists.
Now, a Visual Studio PHP.Net project is a cool idea ;-)
Closer to the Metal? Seriously? Are you saying it isn't easy to just override the Render() method of any control you want - as shown in this .NET 247 article: Modify HTML Generated By Server Controls? Am I missing something?
Pulling PHP as a language into the CLI is a great idea, but I do not agree that PHP makes it easier to manipulate HTML. If I absolutely had to use a script-class language I would use ASP3, just so I could stay within IIS. Of course I could be wrong - maybe PHP5.0 is cooler than I am aware of... but as far as I'm concerned the amazing level of flexibility and power we have with server controls is something I would never give up just to avoid emitting HTML with an HtmlTextWriter in the Render() method.