Re: php-gtk rocks!

> > Do the developers on this list think it's a possibility that in the > next few > > years I'll be able to > > -Write win32 client app in PHP-GTK that can be easily downloaded and > > installed (either by a compiled exe or easily distributed php > > run-time environment). This is an urgent need, as all other client app environments implemented it (including .NET, java, flash, etc). > > -Let that client communicate to a server side php script > > -Let the client and server scripts communicate seemlessly passing by > > complicated php data sets that are serialized with php's serialize() > > function. You can do these now. > > -Use Timers and Other event generating mechanizms to fire methods on > > the remote server. This is what I would like to use *now*. Anyone knows anything to achive it? Something like JS setTimeout()? > > -Position php-gtk forms using the Zend IDE Well, this is up to the Zend guys ;) Till then you can have a look at Glade. http://www.adapower.net/gtkada/ > > I would feel more comfortable with that situation than using > > webservices or ..Net remoting, RMI etc. Because it builds on > > the basic webserver application model that we're already > > familiar with. I would suggest you to use some web service interface, because if sometime you need to write something not in PHP, implementing [un]serialize would be painful, while having a webservice client is simle in today's languages. Goba