Is ASP the Only Way?

I'm taking a class in e-commerce (part of finishing up my Bachelor's 
degree), and there are exercises to do that involve building a 
working e-commerce site. A  lot of the customizable elements of the 
pages will be done in ASP.

Now, I'm just learning about ASP, but one of the things I've learned 
about it is that it works best on Windows servers running IIS 
(Internet Information Server). Because of IIS's vulnerabilities and 
that of Windows Internet servers in general (crashing, highly 
susceptible to viruses and hackers, etc.) for future reference, I'd 
like to know of any alternatives to ASP that will run on Unix servers 
(PHP, perhaps?).

Thanks in advance,
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