Arno Kuhl wrote:
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From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 June 2006 03:11
To: Peter Lauri
Cc: 'George Pitcher'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Controlling a scanner with PHP
Peter Lauri wrote:
Probably nobody, as PHP is a Server Side Scripting Language.
If there's one thing I hate it's needless pigeonholing. PHP is not a
"Server Side Scripting Language". It is a scripting language for sure,
but is by no means limited to being used on a server never mind on a web
server.
-Stut
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Stut, that's an interesting point you raised. I know it's moving off the
original topic, but when you say "by no means limited to being used on a
server never mind on a web server", what is it that interprets the code and
where does the output go to, or the input come from? I also thought it
always had to be run under a web server, and would be interested to know
what the other options/opportunities are.
Cheers
Arno
On example of a none web-server based application is kind of as a perl
(or insert other scripting language here) substitute....
i.e. it can run from the command line as a cron job for instance to spit
out reports based on database data, and then stream it into an XML
document to send *data feeds*
There are also some plug-ins or one-offs that use PHP to create VB-like
applications that run on end user desktops..
http://winbinder.org/index.php
Just a few of many examples I suppose.
-brad
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