I need feedback please.

[lorenzoDAlipio]

I need to know how many people are interested in learning how to write a desktop application using PHP? If I get enough interest on this topic, then I will write a simple tutorial on how its done.

We (veedeoo and me) were experimenting on Desktop apps utilizing the Daniweb API. I don't have the screenshot for now, but if there are reasonable number of interested party, I can easly provide some.

Please let me know and thanks for reading. You can either response or click on the up vote..

[diafol]

Could you elaborate? Are you using something like PHP-GTK? Do you use a browser as a container for the 'app' or is it a windows executable?

[matrixdevuk]

If you make it in Java, I love you... because you've instantly supported Win/Mac/Linux.

[diafol]

What interested me was writing (I am assuming) PHP code to create a desktop app (again assuming - a win executable).

[veedeoo]

@D,

Luckily, I always keep screenshots on my thumb drive and desktop. Here we go Mr. L.D.A

yes it is a win executable or msi. The application is pretty lightweight. We experimented using a CSS framework like bootstrap.

We used the tideSDK with Titanium SDK. Unlike PHP-GTK, we have more success in developing with tideSDK.

below is the screenshot of a bootsrap framework working as front-end

the screenshot at runtime

the executed desktop app using the simple Daniweb API codes as shown

$feed = file_get_contents('https://www.daniweb.com/rss/pull/solved');
$articles = new SimpleXMLElement($feed);

foreach ($articles->channel->item as $article) {
echo '<a href="' . $article->link . '">' . $article->title . '</a><br />';
}

the result

screenshot of the link destination of the app, once clicked. Screenshot showing the application browsing this thread.

screenshot of the win32 files

The SDK is pretty easy to work on. In fact, they also have an android SDK and other mobile SDKs.

Example of coding in procedural

<script type="text/php">

    function set_array()
    {

       return (array('php','javascript','ruby','python'));

     }

 </script>

we can pass the output of the PHP function above onto the javascript function

<script>

    function jsFunction() {
        var index;
        var text = "<ul>";

        var codes = (show_array());
        for (index = 0; index < codes.length; index++) {
            text += "<li>" + codes[index] + "</li>";
        }
        text += "</ul>";
        document.getElementById("codes").innerHTML = text;
    }

</script>

we deliver the output to the front-end

<button onclick="jsFunction()">Show Array</button>
<p id="codes"></p>

the desktop application output is shown by the screenshot below.

We are still experimenting on form processing e.g. youtube search api or anysite search capability. Below is the screenshot of the youtube API version 2 that I have just implemented last month. No cSS styling or anything as shown below.

[veedeoo]

correction! :)

this

<script>
    function jsFunction() {
    var index;
    var text = "<ul>";
    var codes = (show_array());
    for (index = 0; index < codes.length; index++) {
    text += "<li>" + codes[index] + "</li>";
    }
    text += "</ul>";
    document.getElementById("codes").innerHTML = text;
    }
</script>

should read

<script>
    function jsFunction() {
    var index;
    var text = "<ul>";
    var codes = (set_array());
    for (index = 0; index < codes.length; index++) {
    text += "<li>" + codes[index] + "</li>";
    }
    text += "</ul>";
    document.getElementById("codes").innerHTML = text;
    }
</script>

[diafol]

Oh that.s fantastic guys. Love to see simethinf in the tutes about this. :)