Posted by rw on 03/01/07 20:06

I want installer for working apache+php system of course, what is the
most popular option in basic ISP offer. Thanks for response, I still
plan write universal solution.
OmegaJunior wrote:

>
> You could write your own installer (I just finished one for one of our
> CMS's), but it can't be done in PHP... not unless PHP already is
> preinstalled on the system. This is because PHP scripts don't run on any
> system without the PHP engine preinstalled.
>
> Other options include writing your installer in languages that compile
> into native applications for the systems on which you like to execute
> them. On Windows systems for instance, any .Net-compatible language will
> do (C#, Java, VB, Delphi, etc.).
>
> Once the computer is equipped to run PHP, you can use the command-line
> PHP interpreter to run any script... including installation scripts. I
> learned by experience that this is less easy than it seems :)
>
> Don't know of any existing universal installers written in PHP. Sorry.
>
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