Reputation: 18798

stand alone php app

What is the best way to build a non web browser stand alone php app that works with some sort of database without requiring the user to install a database server. Or am i just asking too much?

Upvotes: 5

Answers (10)

f.TEMMACHE

Reputation: 1

Checkout phpdesktop that gives you:

Embedded web browser based on Chromium framework let you benefits from HTML5, javascript and jQuery.
Embedded web server with mongoose let you use php.
embedded database engine with SQLite.

Upvotes: 0

Nidhin David

Reputation: 2474

I dont know how to use PHP as standalone programming language, I mean without using a web server and a browser.i can answer your other question.

SQLite is a database system(to be more specific: a library!) which provides you all the basic capabilities of SQL database without needing to install any specific database servers.But you do need to copy a small .dll file(sqlite3.dll i suppose) into your working dirctory.The file is only a very small one,but you get all of the basic capabilities of a database such as INSERT DELETE UPDATE SELECT etc..Its a great light weight database..i mean it..really lightweight.

also PHP has inbuilt support for SQLite database.so compatibility will never be a problem

Have a look at their home page https://sqlite.org/

This is what they describe themselves:SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world.

Upvotes: 0

TheStar

Reputation: 11

As Oakcool has mentioned, check out PHP-GTK. It is a GUI development tool on the similar lines of MFC for C/C++.

PHP-GTK alongwith SQLite or a text file as others mentioned above should do the trick.

Upvotes: 1

xkcd150

Reputation: 9157

Have a look at php compilers, you'll end up with a binary for people to run. It could be a desktop GUI application, or a "web server in a box" type of thing.

Upvotes: 2

Petrunov

Reputation: 774

Here is an idea: information can be stored in XML and thus usage of database can be avoided. That will work only for certain kind of purposes of course.

Upvotes: 1

djn

Reputation: 3948

I'd suggest you try miniPHP. It is basically an IDE around Winbinder; it lets you concentrate on writing PHP while it takes care of details like compiling the application. You can create either GUI or command-line apps and it works just fine with both SQLite and MySQL. It has a preview mode and some debugging capabilities too.

Upvotes: 1