Re: Totally Blue Sky

""Gre7g Luterman"" <gre7g@wolfhome.com> wrote in message news:<d86d06fda3e984ad2aa1f4a07a3aefe3@news.php.net>... > Situation: > <snip> > I'd love to be able to create a PHP Windows .exe that installed just > like a regular application. This ideal program would run just like > an application too. You'd launch it and it would open an application > window, but the window contents would be the current web browser > installed on the system, pointed to the index.php page in your newly > installed application's directory. > <snip> > > I do NOT want to require the user to install a webserver and I do NOT > want the server to keep running after the application has quit... <snip> > > > Questions: > > [1] Does such a beast exist? I haven't tried this myself, as I'd rather use Perl or a shell or something, but PHP can be used as a command-line interpreter away from a web server. This explains it... http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.commandline.php I don't know if that's exactly what you mean, but it's close. > [2] Can anyone think of a fundamental reason why we couldn't do such > a thing? I can't. > [3] Is the general consensus that this would be a handy thing to > have, or is it just me? > If you're all about PHP, then it's great. Like I said, I'd rather use Perl for something like that, but I can definitely see the appeal. > > Please be kind with the flames, I'm new here... Me too. > Gre7g. > J Smith code, dba, and linux guy Tutorbuddy Inc. The Magic Lantern Group mailto:jsmith@tutorbuddy.com