PHpgtk Help

[phrozenfire]

I know very little about its usage but I read that source can be compiled for desktop app purposes. If that is the case, are there ways for me to connect to and view my webcam and connect to sound devices going this route?

Php has been a formidable mountain for me to climb thus far and I'd like to stick with a derivative of it at least.. if its possible. I have visual C++ 6.0 if I have to go down that road for my needs, but I don't know a darn thing about C and I'm already late in the game attempting to bring a home brewed web app to life. >_<


Any and all replies are greatly appreciated.

[trq]

phpgtk doesn't really have any extra extensions that aren't available in the normal web setup, excepting of course the gtk library which allows you to create widgets (ie: for desktop use).

So, that being said, your going to have a hard time connecting to sound or webcam (usb) devices using php. Thats not to say it can't be done, but I would think it would be allot of work. I know you feel like you don't want to learn another language, but in reality, PHP really isn't up for such tasks without further extensions (C). You could write the extensions yourself, means learning C, or better still, choose a language that is up for the task and is easy to learn. Python comes to mind.

Python is a very powerful language, easy to learn, and has many many libraries available, some of which are directly related to what you want to do.

[Nameless12]

php is still useful to learning gtk but dont do it to create apps in php the way you might be thinking now. GTK for python and php why not the same is so similar that you will be able to move from one to the other with relative ease after you know one of them.