Re: [PHP] DOS CLI?
On 2 December 2011 21:00, Matt Neimeyer m...@neimeyer.org wrote: Is there (or is there a way to compile) a DOS CLI version of a fairly recent version of PHP? I have not been able to find one using the powers of Google. Not a Windows Command Prompt CLI but an actual CLI version of PHP that can be made to run in a real DOS environment? I'm sure I could find another scripting language for DOS but to prototype this project I'd like to not have to learn a new language as well. :) Thanks in advance for ANY suggestions. Matt According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDOS#Versions, the last retail version of DOS would be V6.22, though V7.1 was the last one to be used as a Windows loader. But I have no idea what compiler could be used. MSDOS has no built in network support, so advanced memory management, etc. Not without having to load additional drivers and the TCP/IP drivers for MS DOS are not tiny. Sure, you really can (and I have) cram then into upper memory, but it is on a motherboard by motherboard basis - one size does not fit all. All of these things would severely cripple PHP's usage in a true MSDOS environment. Add to that, the vast majority of libraries will be talking to the windows api in some form and that doesn't exist. You are pretty much stuck with no network services, limited memory and restricted extensions. Can you describe your project and to why it MUST run on such an ancient OS? OOI, Using something like DosBox [1] can help with some development - a DOS emulator for Windows. I use it to run REALLY old games. Richard. [1] http://www.dosbox.com/ -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc : Fantasy Shopper @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea : fan.sh/6/370 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] DOS CLI?
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Richard Quadling rquadl...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 December 2011 21:00, Matt Neimeyer m...@neimeyer.org wrote: Is there (or is there a way to compile) a DOS CLI version of a fairly recent version of PHP? I have not been able to find one using the powers of Google. You are pretty much stuck with no network services, limited memory and restricted extensions. Can you describe your project and to why it MUST run on such an ancient OS? We have a utility disk that we use for a variety of things where I work and some of them are DOS based. We use the purely DOS ones rarely enough these days that people have trouble remembering how to use them. I wanted to see if it would be possible to write a menu type front end that would detect what OS it is running under and present the tools and options that are suitable for that OS. My thought was to use PHP because it is cross platform (to some degree) and then in theory the disk could be run under anything that can run PHP and anything that would run under the current OS can then be presented to the end user. If there is a better solution than PHP I'm open to it, but I already know PHP so I figured that would make it easier. Basically I need to be able to present a menu to the end user so they can select the tool they want to run. We currently have tool disks for DOS, Windows and OSX. If I could combine them into one big disk/usb key I would be a hero around these parts. Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] DOS CLI?
Is there (or is there a way to compile) a DOS CLI version of a fairly recent version of PHP? I have not been able to find one using the powers of Google. Not a Windows Command Prompt CLI but an actual CLI version of PHP that can be made to run in a real DOS environment? I'm sure I could find another scripting language for DOS but to prototype this project I'd like to not have to learn a new language as well. :) Thanks in advance for ANY suggestions. Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
