![]() Scott also walks you through the initial setup, then explains how to use the SOAP extension, as well as PEAR and PECL packages. All you really need to know is that GTK is a platform independent extension which allows for building of consistent user interfaces, and that the PHP-GTK extension allows it to interface with PHP. UNIX stemmed from UNICS, short for Uniplexed Information and Computing System. GNU is a recursive acronym which stands for GNU’s Not UNIX. GIMP in turn stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. ![]() Originally it used to stand for Personal Home Page. By the way, PHP is a recursive acronym which stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor. The book begins by explaining some of this history around PHP-GTK. This adds a layer of security by not having input fields on the Internet, yet allows for the benefits of displaying data online. The implications for this are pretty big, because it means you can have data entry done from a controlled desktop environment, and also output the info on a website. I just finished reading Pro PHP-GTK by Scott Mattocks, which explains how to use the PHP-GTK extension to build powerful desktop applications. We’re talking double-click my icon, launch the program, self-contained type stuff here. No, I don’t mean Ajax stuff that simulates the responsiveness of a desktop application. | Posted: 5 June 06 in Books, by Nathan Smithĭid you know that PHP can be used to build desktop applications? Yeah, me neither. ![]()
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