Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

[Michiel Overtoom]

Hi,

Is it possible to write a standalone Win32 application using PHP? Like
creating a window from the PHP script, putting buttons and textboxes on
it, handling clicks on the buttons etc...,

TIA,


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[Chris Hope]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

Michiel Overtoom wrote:
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> Is it possible to write a standalone Win32 application using PHP? Like
> creating a window from the PHP script, putting buttons and textboxes on
> it, handling clicks on the buttons etc...,[/color]

Check out http://gtk.php.net/

Chris

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[Henk Verhoeven]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

Chris Hope wrote:[color=blue]
> Michiel Overtoom wrote:
>
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>>Is it possible to write a standalone Win32 application using PHP? Like
>>creating a window from the PHP script, putting buttons and textboxes on
>>it, handling clicks on the buttons etc...,[/color]
>
>
> Check out http://gtk.php.net/
>
> Chris
>[/color]

I heard there is the limitation of php never collecting garbage until
the application is shut down, or is this solved with php5?

Greetings,

Henk Verhoeven,
www.phpPeanuts.org.

[Noah from IT Goes Click]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

If you know PHP why not just spend an afternoon getting cozy with c++
and use that? Then you can make executable files and you'll be opened up
to a whole new world. C++ is pretty much exactly the same as PHP but
there are some different things to remember.

[Hi Ho]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

No I think this is not possible.
PHP was meant to be an interpreted scripting language and even GTK is used
somehow but for Windows, it is not possible.

"Michiel Overtoom" <"moto????????? ??????? wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to write a standalone Win32 application using PHP? Like
> creating a window from the PHP script, putting buttons and textboxes on
> it, handling clicks on the buttons etc...,
>
> TIA,
>
>
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>[/color]

[Michiel Overtoom]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

Noah from IT Goes Click <newsuser@itgoe sclick.com> wrote:
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> If you know PHP why not just spend an afternoon getting cozy with c++
> and use that? Then you can make executable files and you'll be opened up
> to a whole new world. C++ is pretty much exactly the same as PHP but
> there are some different things to remember.[/color]

Yes, I know how to use C++ to write Windows applications, I have done it
for years (using Borland and Microsoft tools).

But I was just curious if I could use PHP for that, since I like PHP as
a simple yet powerful programming language.

GTK+ in combination with PHP looks promising at the moment.

Cheers,

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[Michiel Overtoom]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

Chris Hope <blackhole@elec trictoolbox.com > wrote:
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> Michiel Overtoom wrote:
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> > Is it possible to write a standalone Win32 application using PHP? Like
> > creating a window from the PHP script, putting buttons and textboxes on
> > it, handling clicks on the buttons etc...,[/color]
>
> Check out http://gtk.php.net/
>
> Chris[/color]

That is a good tip, thanks alot!


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[Lothar Scholz]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

> No I think this is not possible.[color=blue]
> PHP was meant to be an interpreted scripting language and even GTK is used
> somehow but for Windows, it is not possible.[/color]

It is, but maybe not comfortable. GTK runs on Windows too.

[Lothar Scholz]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

Henk Verhoeven <news@phppeanut sREMOVE-THIS.org> wrote in message news:<c61mkd$b1 c$1@news5.tilbu 1.nb.home.nl>.. .[color=blue]
>
> I heard there is the limitation of php never collecting garbage until
> the application is shut down, or is this solved with php5?
>[/color]

AFAIK yes (gc problem) and no (not solved).

[Chung Leong]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

"Lothar Scholz" <llothar@web.de > wrote in message
news:6ee58e07.0 404201357.35fb4 f5@posting.goog le.com...[color=blue][color=green]
> > No I think this is not possible.
> > PHP was meant to be an interpreted scripting language and even GTK is[/color][/color]
used[color=blue][color=green]
> > somehow but for Windows, it is not possible.[/color]
>
> It is, but maybe not comfortable. GTK runs on Windows too.[/color]

Yeah, I've written a little installer using PHP-GTK before that runs on
Windows. It's rather painful because there's no threading. Found myself
inserting message loops throughout the code to get UI changes to appear--a
la PeekMessage/DispatchMessage in good old Win16 programming. Laying out
widgets is also kinda hard in the GTK model. Another annoying thing is that
you can't change the application icon (unless you edit the executable's
resource directly).

Python, I've heard, is a good choice for GUI stuff. In my opinion the best
platform for Windows development is Borland Delphi. The performance of a
compiled language without the pain of C/C++.

[Lothar Scholz]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

"Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@ hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<CJqdnWZxI 9FPWxjdRVn-uA@comcast.com> ...
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> Yeah, I've written a little installer using PHP-GTK before that runs on
> Windows. It's rather painful because there's no threading. Found myself
> inserting message loops throughout the code to get UI changes to appear--a
> la PeekMessage/DispatchMessage in good old Win16 programming. Laying out
> widgets is also kinda hard in the GTK model. Another annoying thing is that
> you can't change the application icon (unless you edit the executable's
> resource directly).[/color]

Isn't the normal way to execute short chunks of code in Idle/Timer
handlers ?
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> Python, I've heard, is a good choice for GUI stuff. In my opinion the best
> platform for Windows development is Borland Delphi. The performance of a
> compiled language without the pain of C/C++.[/color]

WxPython - a wrapper around WxWidgets - is the best GUI Toolkit for
Python.
And Borland (after the fiasco with there CLX Kylix Environment) are
now also moving to WxWidgets in the next Delphi/CBuilder release.

[Chung Leong]

Re: Standalone WIN32 application in PHP

"Lothar Scholz" <llothar@web.de > wrote in message
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>
> Isn't the normal way to execute short chunks of code in Idle/Timer
> handlers ?
>[/color]

True enough, but that's rather hard to structure.