Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Paul M Foster
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:37:23AM -0400, tedd wrote: > > Think about it -- why are all languages are looking more and more > alike? Why is it that you can jump from versions of BASIC to C, C++, > php, JAVA, javascript and others and not find yourself in a > completely foreign environment? You t

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Daniel Brown
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 09:16, tedd wrote: > > That's Okay, I just say it better than you.  :-) Show-off. -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ 50% Off All Shared Hosting Plans at PilotPig: Use Coupon DOW1 -- PHP General M

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread tedd
At 9:07 AM -0400 6/10/09, Robert Cummings wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:59, Robert Cummings wrote: Don't you have VB applications to write? And this after I just mentioned your name in another thread without throwing up in my mouth. You've finally got those gag r

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread tedd
At 8:53 AM -0400 6/10/09, Daniel Brown wrote: On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:37, tedd wrote: Beside, this is how languages evolve. There is no job that any tool is designed for. The "job" is our current perception of the task at hand and that is always changing. That's the point I was tryi

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Robert Cummings
Daniel Brown wrote: On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:59, Robert Cummings wrote: Don't you have VB applications to write? And this after I just mentioned your name in another thread without throwing up in my mouth. You've finally got those gag reflexes under control... call me!! *wink wink* *n

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 08:53 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:37, tedd wrote: > > > > Beside, this is how languages evolve. There is no job that any tool is > > designed for. The "job" is our current perception of the task at hand and > > that is always changing. > > That

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Daniel Brown
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:59, Robert Cummings wrote: > > Don't you have VB applications to write? And this after I just mentioned your name in another thread without throwing up in my mouth. -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.ne

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Robert Cummings
Daniel Brown wrote: On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:37, tedd wrote: Beside, this is how languages evolve. There is no job that any tool is designed for. The "job" is our current perception of the task at hand and that is always changing. That's the point I was trying to get at in the email I wr

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Daniel Brown
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:37, tedd wrote: > > Beside, this is how languages evolve. There is no job that any tool is > designed for. The "job" is our current perception of the task at hand and > that is always changing. That's the point I was trying to get at in the email I wrote last night t

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread tedd
At 2:28 AM +0100 6/10/09, Michael wrote: The standard PHP execution model is geared almost exclusively towards web-used (though crons etc. are reasonable)... that is, to sit in/with a server and handle requests... to operate over, at maximum, "insane" lifespans of 30 seconds. There are langua

RE: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-10 Thread Arno Kuhl
At 11:49 AM -0400 6/8/09, Daniel Brown wrote: >On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:48, tedd wrote: >> Hi gang: >> >> I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I >> am not aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask >> directly -- can php be used to create a Mac A

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Paul M Foster
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 02:48:23AM +0100, Michael wrote: > This was about half of my point, writing these applications in PHP is > difficult, it is a task to be overcome. PHP requires cajoling into being > useful. Your solution to "use the Java extension" is peculiarly ironic - > yes: Use Java! >

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Robert Cummings
Michael wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: > Michael wrote: >> "Languages were designed to be programmed, what they are programmed to >> do is entirely up to the programmer." >> >> Perhaps there is no hope then. This is so distant from the actual case >> it does not require more than pointing ou

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Michael
Robert Cummings wrote: > Michael wrote: >> "Languages were designed to be programmed, what they are programmed to >> do is entirely up to the programmer." >> >> Perhaps there is no hope then. This is so distant from the actual case >> it does not require more than pointing out. >> >> If you want t

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Robert Cummings
Michael wrote: "Languages were designed to be programmed, what they are programmed to do is entirely up to the programmer." Perhaps there is no hope then. This is so distant from the actual case it does not require more than pointing out. If you want to write demons in php fine, i wince at t

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Michael
"Languages were designed to be programmed, what they are programmed to do is entirely up to the programmer." Perhaps there is no hope then. This is so distant from the actual case it does not require more than pointing out. If you want to write demons in php fine, i wince at the thought. The

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Robert Cummings
Michael wrote: This was about half of my point, writing these applications in PHP is difficult, it is a task to be overcome. PHP requires cajoling into being useful. Your solution to "use the Java extension" is peculiarly ironic - yes: Use Java! If the only language you know is PHP i'm sure i

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Robert Cummings
Michael wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: Michael wrote: Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 09:30:18AM -0700, Kyle Terry wrote: I don't mean to be the thread spirit killer, but I think another language would be better for this. Such as Python. PHP desktop apps might be fun to h

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Michael
Daniel Brown wrote: > Hate to police threads here, but please don't top-post. Apologies, my client was not configured properly. Hopefully it is threading now, if not please notify me. Michael -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Daniel Brown
Hate to police threads here, but please don't top-post. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 21:48, Michael wrote: > This was about half of my point, writing these applications in PHP is > difficult, it is a task to be overcome. PHP requires cajoling into being > useful. Your solution to "use the Java exten

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Michael
This was about half of my point, writing these applications in PHP is difficult, it is a task to be overcome. PHP requires cajoling into being useful. Your solution to "use the Java extension" is peculiarly ironic - yes: Use Java! If the only language you know is PHP i'm sure it looks very cap

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Eddie Drapkin
While the technology is pretty immature at the moment, due to its under-use no doubt, saying that PHP is never the tool for a desktop application is pretty inane. While the primary developmental lifecycle is geared towards web development (who's arguing that?), there's nothing really pervasive pre

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Michael
Robert Cummings wrote: Michael wrote: Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 09:30:18AM -0700, Kyle Terry wrote: I don't mean to be the thread spirit killer, but I think another language would be better for this. Such as Python. PHP desktop apps might be fun to hack around with, b

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Daniel Brown
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 20:42, Robert Cummings wrote: > > From my POV, better than writing "Programmed desktop applications in VB". > But that's just my POV :) Did I happen to tell you that's what I've been doing all day, or are you just *that* good at making me miserable --- even when it's not

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Robert Cummings
Michael wrote: Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 09:30:18AM -0700, Kyle Terry wrote: I don't mean to be the thread spirit killer, but I think another language would be better for this. Such as Python. PHP desktop apps might be fun to hack around with, but I wouldn't use it fo

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Robert Cummings
Kyle Terry wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: Kyle Terry wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:48 AM, tedd wrote: Hi gang: I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Eddie Drapkin
Depends on how you look at it, I'd take the perspective that that's a non-normal approach to the language and demonstrates a fuller understanding of the language. Same as if you put (and I do) "wrote an asynchronous socket server in PHP." Despite the position PHP developers are usually applying f

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Kyle Terry
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: > Kyle Terry wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:48 AM, tedd wrote: >> >> Hi gang: >>> >>> I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am >>> not >>> aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask direct

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-09 Thread Michael
Paul M Foster wrote: On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 09:30:18AM -0700, Kyle Terry wrote: I don't mean to be the thread spirit killer, but I think another language would be better for this. Such as Python. PHP desktop apps might be fun to hack around with, but I wouldn't use it for a production appli

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 09:30:18AM -0700, Kyle Terry wrote: > I don't mean to be the thread spirit killer, but I think another language > would be better for this. Such as Python. > > PHP desktop apps might be fun to hack around with, but I wouldn't use it for > a production application. I've

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Robert Cummings
Larry Garfield wrote: On Monday 08 June 2009 12:34:40 pm Robert Cummings wrote: Matty Sarro wrote: Real men use perl ;) When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I tried it for a month and then I told him real men choose their own path in life. Cheers, Rob. Mind

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Tom Worster
On 6/8/09 4:26 PM, "Dee Ayy" wrote: > Not as smooth as Xcode and Interface Builder eh? no -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Larry Garfield
On Monday 08 June 2009 12:34:40 pm Robert Cummings wrote: > Matty Sarro wrote: > > Real men use perl ;) > > When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I > tried it for a month and then I told him real men choose their own path > in life. > > Cheers, > Rob. Mind if I use

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Dee Ayy
> Not as smooth as Xcode and Interface Builder eh? I had interesting results with my first custom MyApp.app bundle. >From >http://developer.apple.com/documentation/CoreFOundation/Conceptual/CFBundles/Concepts/BundleAnatomy.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001119-104977-TPXREF4 I made a new folder named

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Dee Ayy
> I'm used to an IDE where you write code, run, and debug it. When you get it > where you want and want to create an application, then you compile the code > and there's an application -- a stand alone application -- done! You may be looking for glade http://glade.gnome.org/ It's in MacPorts as gl

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread tedd
At 11:49 AM -0400 6/8/09, Daniel Brown wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:48, tedd wrote: Hi gang: I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can php be used to create a Mac Application?

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Per Jessen
tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I > am not aware of specifically how that can be done. > So, let me ask directly -- can php be used to create a Mac > Application? Dunno about Macs, but I use PHP for command line scripting all the ti

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Robert Cummings
Bastien Koert wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: Eric Butera wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: Matty Sarro wrote: Real men use perl ;) When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I tried it for a month and then

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Tom Worster
On 6/8/09 12:30 PM, "Kyle Terry" wrote: > I don't mean to be the thread spirit killer, but I think another language > would be better for this. Such as Python. > > PHP desktop apps might be fun to hack around with, but I wouldn't use it for > a production application. if there were a cocoa inte

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Bastien Koert
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > Eric Butera wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Robert Cummings >> wrote: >>> >>> Matty Sarro wrote: Real men use perl ;) >>> >>> When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I >>> tried it for a m

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Dee Ayy
tedd, You can check out MacPorts http://www.macports.org/ and the port package php5-gtk But Xcode and Interface Builder are your friends for native/fast apps. Although you probably get Cross-OS portability going the php-gtk route. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Robert Cummings
Eric Butera wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: Matty Sarro wrote: Real men use perl ;) When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I tried it for a month and then I told him real men choose their own path in life. Cheers, Rob. Yeah wel

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Eric Butera
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > Matty Sarro wrote: >> >> Real men use perl ;) > > When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I > tried it for a month and then I told him real men choose their own path in > life. > > Cheers, > Rob. > > -- > PHP Ge

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Robert Cummings
Matty Sarro wrote: Real men use perl ;) When I was younger my dad told me real men drink their coffee black... I tried it for a month and then I told him real men choose their own path in life. Cheers, Rob. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Richard Heyes
Hi, >> Real men use perl ;) > >    's/Real men/Masochists' There's always VB... -- Richard Heyes HTML5 graphing: RGraph (www.rgraph.net - updated 6th June) PHP mail: RMail (www.phpguru.org/rmail) PHP datagrid: RGrid (www.phpguru.org/rgrid) PHP Template: RTemplate (www.phpguru.org/rtemplate) PHP

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:33, Matty Sarro wrote: > Real men use perl ;) 's/Real men/Masochists' -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ 50% Off All Shared Hosting Plans at PilotPig: Use Coupon DOW1 -- PHP General Mailing Li

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Matty Sarro
Real men use perl ;) On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Kyle Terry wrote: > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:48 AM, tedd wrote: > > > Hi gang: > > > > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am > not > > aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- >

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Robert Cummings
Kyle Terry wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:48 AM, tedd wrote: Hi gang: I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can php be used to create a Mac Application? If so, how? Cheers, tedd

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Kyle Terry
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:48 AM, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not > aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can > php be used to create a Mac Application? > > If so, how? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > >

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:53, Richard Heyes wrote: > Hi, > >> I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not >> aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can >> php be used to create a Mac Application? >> >> If so, how? > > Don't know about

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:48, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not > aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can > php be used to create a Mac Application? > > If so, how? Probably the most well-kn

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:51, Bastien Koert wrote: > > > > -- > > Bastien > > Cat, the other other white meat Hey, Bastien the other other white meat got your tongue. -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ 50% Off All Shared

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Richard Heyes
Hi, > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not > aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can > php be used to create a Mac Application? > > If so, how? Don't know about Mac specifically, but with *nix in general it can be used to c

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Bastien Koert
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:48 AM, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not > aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can > php be used to create a Mac Application? > > If so, how? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > >

Re: [PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread Bastien Koert
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:48 AM, tedd wrote: > Hi gang: > > I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not > aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can > php be used to create a Mac Application? > > If so, how? > > Cheers, > > tedd > > >

[PHP] php applications

2009-06-08 Thread tedd
Hi gang: I've heard that php can be used for more than web programming, but I am not aware of specifically how that can be done. So, let me ask directly -- can php be used to create a Mac Application? If so, how? Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http:

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-18 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
> I can't say for sure, but I'm betting that APC doesn't support the version of PHP that you are > trying to use. Specifically, I don't think it supports PHP5+ Correct, APC is currently PHP4 only. -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.ne

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-18 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Evert | Rooftop wrote: Chris Shiflett wrote: Danny Brow wrote: > Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, > it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should > visit the Zend website. Any free ones? http://pecl.php.net/package/APC APC won't work for

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-18 Thread Jason Barnett
Evert | Rooftop wrote: Chris Shiflett wrote: Danny Brow wrote: > Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, > it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should > visit the Zend website. Any free ones? http://pecl.php.net/package/APC APC won't work for

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-18 Thread Evert | Rooftop
Chris Shiflett wrote: Danny Brow wrote: > Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, > it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should > visit the Zend website. Any free ones? http://pecl.php.net/package/APC APC won't work for me, segmentation fault

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, May 17, 2005 1:50 pm, Greg Donald said: > On 5/17/05, Brent Baisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, >> it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should >> visit the Zend website. > > Did you have a link

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Chris Shiflett
Danny Brow wrote: > Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, > it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should > visit the Zend website. Any free ones? http://pecl.php.net/package/APC -- Chris Shiflett Brain Bulb, The PHP Consultancy http://brainbu

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Danny Brow
On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:34 -0400, Brent Baisley wrote: > Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, > it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should > visit the Zend website. > Any free ones? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Greg Donald
On 5/17/05, Brent Baisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, > it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should > visit the Zend website. Did you have a link for this 'compiler' ? All I see in the site menu is a

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, May 17, 2005 7:27 am, Brian Dunning said: > My background is mostly with Lasso. One cool feature is the ability > to make "LassoApps" - single file applications that are secure and > can be sold & distributed without providing access to the source. > Does PHP offer any such capability? No.

Re: [PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Brent Baisley
Zend sells a compiler to speed up your PHP code. Since it's compiled, it also does not contain the source code in readable form. You should visit the Zend website. On May 17, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Brian Dunning wrote: Hi all - My background is mostly with Lasso. One cool feature is the ability to

[PHP] PHP Applications?

2005-05-17 Thread Brian Dunning
Hi all - My background is mostly with Lasso. One cool feature is the ability to make "LassoApps" - single file applications that are secure and can be sold & distributed without providing access to the source. Does PHP offer any such capability? - Brian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://ww