What do you mean by that? Then, I could add. C++ is even more respected, especially
Borland C++ Builder 2009
But Borland is not the best on Ad.
All of these languages are C inspired languages:
Begin = {
End = }
++, +- operators and more.
If you learn C++, the rest of these C inspired languages are easy to learn.
But PHP has the largest online community, is easiest to learn, has a lot of class libraries and plugins. It is said that 99 per cent of your PHP problems are already solved if you can do the relevant search. You don't need to reinvent the wheel.
PHP may be good enough for more than 50 % of your online programming needs and sometimes good enough is best.
php or asp.net as a career ?
The answer should be,
learn to program, especially in C++.