Re: Re: PHP site on CD-ROM

Aditionally you could create a ram disk with you php stuff, mount that in /tmp/whatever read-write- and use that for your thttpd document root. May require root access to mount the ramdisk, though. On Friday, January 19, 2001, at 03:12 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: > I would use thttpd with php support compiled in, rather than a browser. > That way you could use whatever the browser on the users system was- more comfortable for > the user. > > difficulty is what port to run the server at (well, one of the difficulties...) but you > could search for an unused unpriviliged port number. > > Easiest thing to do would be to use /tmp on the users system (is there a Windows equivalent? I > honestly don't know) for the doc root etc. and then have the users browser look at > http://127.0.0.1:10185/index.php (or whatever). > > I don't know if thttpd builds on windows, but i imagine I could get this working on linux > in > under a day. > Database is a totally different story- I'd just go flat file, if I needed one. > > On Friday, January 19, 2001, at 10:38 AM, <artwells@inetarena.com> wrote: > > > I wonder if it's possible to adapt the CGI version of PHP as a Netscape > > plugin, or to associate the extension of php files to some kind of php > > wrapper. This would require distributing a browser with the CD for this > > specific CD, but it could work. > > > > For a Unix-only kludge, I found this page, > > http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html > > It seems to me, by playing with with the application associations, one > > could get php to write to a temporary file, and then use netscape's > > -remote openFile to read it. I imagine, though, that if this works, it > > would be rather unstable. > > > > MySQL would be a whole 'nother can of worms. > > > > Just playing with ideas. > > > > me@artwells.com > > http://www.artwells.com/ > > That which indicates nothing > > introduces everything. > > > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Philip Apostol wrote: > > > > > Can I run a PHP/Apache/MySQL services on a CD-ROM. We have PHP scripts that > > > handle queries on a large database. We would like to distribute it on a > > > CD-ROM so they could access the database offline. Is it possible? Or are > > > there any similar solutions for this? Im thinking of a text-file database > > > and access it via javascript but have no much time to study on this. If php > > > can be run on the cd-rom, that would be a better solution. But any > > > solution you posted here will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Philip > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Michael A. Peters > Abriasoft Senior Developer > > (510) 623-9726x357 > Fax: (510) 249-9125 > -- > 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 > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael A. Peters Abriasoft Senior Developer (510) 623-9726x357 Fax: (510) 249-9125