PHP for apps

[Slater Ellis]

Can I make real apps in PHP? Internet powered but not internet based I
mean? Thanks

[Andy Hassall]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:43:30 -0400, Slater Ellis <qpeople@eml.cc> wrote:

>Can I make real apps in PHP? Internet powered but not internet based I
>mean? Thanks

As in actually running on the client? Probably, yes, but you'd be silly to
IMHO. There's the GTK extension that can provide user interfaces, but PHP
doesn't strike me as the best tool for client-side.

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[Arich Chanachai]

Andy Hassall wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:43:30 -0400, Slater Ellis <qpeople@eml.cc> wrote:
>
>

>>Can I make real apps in PHP? Internet powered but not internet based I
>>mean? Thanks

>
>
> As in actually running on the client? Probably, yes, but you'd be silly to
> IMHO. There's the GTK extension that can provide user interfaces, but PHP
> doesn't strike me as the best tool for client-side.
>

I hear it is great for making modular programs but I guess yer right.
Thanks