Re: client side

"Timothy Hitchens \(HiTCHO\)" <hitcho@php.net> wrote... : > Clients wouldn't have to install if we look at the IE under windows > market > and simply supply as an auto install activeX just like flash True, if doable then this would simplify the things quite a lot. > and remember > that the biggest market for this type of functionality would be in the > intranet/extranet > mostly closed network where people want more flexibility for > computations on the client. Which is exacly why i got excited by this idea. I'm consulting such a project for the Italian Government now and, I tell you, we're moving mountains here to get PHP/JS work logically together. > Great for messaging/graphing direct database calls etc etc For tons of other things as well. JavaScript is very spread, but its code is quite week and browser-dependant. PHP is an easy-to-learn language and is very well spread Server-Side, PHPScript could have a good success. > Security would be an issue as most of the plug-in type situations need > to have > authority to talk directly to the hard drive. Well, there are ways and ways for disabling the things in PHP. This can be adopted. > Firewalls would be an issue for any database calls etc Database Client-Side? No idea what for. But, PHPScript and PHP on Server could also have a chance to communicate together somehow to simplify the things. Such ability is importnat - look at .NET, its all about that. -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net > Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) > Web Application Consulting > e-mail: tim@hitcho.com.au > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:gabor@hojtsy.hu] > > Sent: Thursday, 6 February 2003 1:09 AM > > To: maxim@php.net > > Cc: Derick Rethans; Pete; php-evangelism@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP-EVANGELISM] client side > > > > > > > Client-side PHP isn't that bad idea! Not sure how > > ActiveScript works. > > > I never had to work with it. Something like you can output the PHP > > > code and it gets executed on Client's Browser? Something > > > JavaScript-like? > > > > Absolutely. There are also other script interpreters working this way > > (ActivePerl for example), but there is actually no point in > > using this > > on the net, as nobody will install PHPScript to his client > > (or very few > > client will have it). VBScript was the same situation... > > > > Goba > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Evangelism Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > PHP Evangelism Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >