Re: Re: Executing External Application

Stut wrote: > Oops, wrong list, sorry guys. no worries - made me laugh anyway :-) but one worries about the one you were trying to help: cron to run apache to run php to run a gui app. are the loons running the nut house after all? > > Stut wrote: >> Please include the list when replying. >> >> hairtwoday@gmail.com wrote: >>> Stut wrote: >>>> Eww!! Eww!! and thrice EWW!! There is *never*, and I mean *never* an >>>> acceptable reason to run a GUI app in response to a web request - >>>> even on an Intranet. >>>> >>>> *NEVER!!!!* >>>> >>>> IMMHO >>>> >>> Bah. Pure ignorance. >>> Here's one reason. I run Apache on my PC. I wrote a Php script that >>> I run as a scheduled task to zip up a folder once a day. I used the >>> WinZip command line interface. It will not run until I allow Apache >>> to interact with the desktop. Simple, to the point, and it works. >> >> WinZip is a GUI app. There are lots of CLI utilities for zipping - use >> one of those! If you're doing this as a personal utility, why is >> Apache getting involved in running a PHP script as a scheduled task? >> >>> Here's another. I have a photo gallery script written in Php that >>> triggers an Irfanview slide show. It's very efficient and simple. >> >> Never come across Irfanview, but a quick Google reveals a GUI app for >> viewing images. How is this useful for a web-based visitor? >> >>> You're Eww, Eww, Eww and Never!! rules are just so much hot air. >> >> Maybe in your opinion, which you are entitled to just as much as I am. >> However, IMHO web-based appplications and GUI applications should not >> mix. Ever. But that's just my opinion. If your use is not as a web >> application, but rather as a way to start processes on your local >> machine I would question why Apache needs to be involved at all. >> >> -Stut >