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Posted by Norman Peelman on 09/03/07 14:58
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Csaba Gabor wrote:
>> On Sep 3, 1:38 pm, Norman Peelman <npeel...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Csaba Gabor wrote:
>>>> Is there a straightforward way of implementing a PHP equivalent to
>>>> window.setTimeout?
>> ...
>>>> Thanks for any ideas,
>>>> Csaba Gabor from Vienna
>>> For a web application using PHP and Javascript, using AJAX along with
>>> sessions would work.
>>
>> No web app involved. This is strictly client side.
>>
>> If you are going to provide a GUI to the users then PHP-GTK would work
>> (event driven).
>>
>> Would that not require me to insist that all the users of the system
>> also install a separate component (namely PHP-GTK), in addition to
>> PHP? Isn't it better to stick stricly within PHP/IE which also
>> provides a standard event driven GUI, provided I can assume a windows
>> audience?
>>
>>> Norm
>>
>
> Norm,
>
> I wouldn't install PHP on a client just because a web site required it.
> I'd go somewhere else, instead.
>
> PHP is not made for client side programming. It does not have any of
> the security features, etc.
>
> If I understand what you want to do, you should be looking at java
> applets or similar technology. PHP is not the right way to go.
>
Yeah, I understand what you're saying Jerry. The OP hasn't provided
enough details until this last post. I see now that the OP wants to
'drive' IE via PHP without a server. And in his original post says he
doesn't like the idea of having to use IE either. As for your first
sentence, it seems that is exactly what he's doing.
Norm
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