Posted by NC on 03/13/07 03:57

On Mar 12, 1:10 pm, Chuck Anderson <websiteaddr...@seemy.sig> wrote:
>
> Are there other simpler ways to provide the proper
> environment (Windows) to run browser based Php
> applications?

Yes. Check out nuSphere phpDock:

http://www.nusphere.com/products/phpdock.htm

Basically, it is a local HTTP and browser combined.

> Is there an easy way to install the application
> so that it starts Apache and MySQL by itself when
> needed?

phpDock runs its own HTTP server, so you don't need Apache. You still
need to deal with starting and stopping MySQL, however. One way to
deal with this problem is to avoind it altogether by using SQLite
rather than MySQL.

> I'm not sure what path would be the best one to
> begin to follow and would appreciate some advice
> on how to best set this up.

There is no best way, unfortunately. You can't turn a client-server
application into a desktop application by just waving a magic wand...

Cheers,
NC

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