PHP GTK Question

[rahulkadukar]

I just installed PHP GTK on Windows Vista and got it up and running and it is working perfectly fine. I had one question, to run any application in PHP GTK we need to write something like "php /demos/Test_File.php" in the command prompt, but is it possible to directly compile the Test_File.php into a standalone executable like say a Windows Installer file (.EXE file).

 

Hence basically next time all I would have to do is give someone the compiled Test_File to execute which the user would then simply execute, is this possible as it would in the true sense of the word mean that it is a standalone PHP application.

[Alex]

There are PHP compilers that are capable of compiling PHP into standalone executables. One such compiler is Roadsend, this supports PHP GTK 1, but not PHP GTK 2.

 

If your goal is to be able to distribute a single installation file for convenience there's no need to compile into a standalone executable. You can create a simple batch file to launch the program, and use any of the many free available programs to package it into a single setup file.