Posted by Erwin Moller on 02/16/06 10:33

Hi Group,

I am starting on some project and need to program all kinds of windows with
buttons/textfields/etc.
My natural reaction was to build this in Java, but since I like PHP so much
I thought about giving it a try in PHP.
My problem: I only used PHP inside a webserver untill now, and I have
experience with some simple scripts I build for cronjobs in PHP
(commandline/cli invocation).

My requirements are:
- a memoryhungry continuous proces that could last for days.
- Need windows and all kind of gadgets like buttons/textareas/etc.
- Must run under W$ and *nix. (Additional software installs are no problem)


I was thinking to invoke PHP from commandline without a timeout, overruling
php.ini.
For windowsprogramming I found activestate/tcl, but I have 0 experience with
it.

Is this the right way to go?
Is TCL easy to learn and use?

What other options do I have?
Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions?
Any pittfalls on the road ahead?
Should I just stick to Java?

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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