Re: PHP from CD-ROM

C'mon guy. Don't be a prick. This guy had a legit question. He just wanted to know if anyone had any experience doing what he was trying... I mean, I know that a lot of the traffic on this list can simply be responded to using "RTFM", but it's your responsibility to read the f***ing message before blasting someone. /s/ John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lee" <lee@mediawaveonline.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP from CD-ROM > PHP is a SERVER SIDE language, NOT CLIENT SIDE. I dont like to sound > harsh hear but this fact is repeated about 2 times a day in this group. > > If you are going to want to provide a version that will go on a cdrom, > then you had better provide a server on the cdrom too, because netscape > and IE are not serves, only clients, they will NOT be able to parse > php files. > > php as a cgi can parse a php file without apache, you could set something > up, but this isn't the best or easiest solution... > > Chris Lee > Mediawaveonline.com > > > > In article <3.0.32.20001205123540.0092be00@mindspring.com>, "Les Neste" > <lesneste@atlnewmedia.com> wrote: > > > I'm running a web site where I also want to be able to deliver a version > > on CD-ROM. The live web site contains links to PHP files, which > > obviously won't work if the end user is accessing the CD-ROM from their > > home computer. Right now, if the user clicks a link to a .php served > > from the CD, the browser fills the window with PHP source -- obviously > > not the best solution. > > > > Yes, I could produce a version which does not use PHP -- the links > > instead go to pages that say 'you have to be online to use this'. > > However, I don't want to get into multiple versions if I don't have to. > > > > I'm going to check out Javascript to see if there's a way to > > differentiate the cases. Has anyone come up with a better solution for > > this? > > > > ...................................................................... > > Les Neste Cellphone 678-778-0382 Web > > http://www.lesneste.com > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >