[DUG] Delphi4PHP

[Neven MacEwan]

Ross

Delphi4PHP is an integrated IDE for PHP which is a scripting language 
which can be invoked as a CGI
or loadable module (it also has a command line interpreter, CLI)

Delphi4PHP is definately visual! The unique thing they have done is 
defined a specification for the 'visual components' of a web page
(ie date pickers, inputs etc) so they present a std interface to the 
programmer via the IDE, this exposed client side (javascript) and server
side (Ajax) events, it installs Apache so when you 'run' your app the 
web browser displays the result

Delphi4PHP is not unique as there are a number of IDE's available, in 
fact the one I use Nusphere (www.nusphere.com) is written
by the guys who provide the open source php debugging DLL that 
Delphi4PHP uses

Nusphere is probably ahead of Delphi4PHP currently but as I said the 
'VCL' definition is the attraction for me, hopefully it will deal
with all the browser differences I encounter

HTH

Neven


> I've never looked at web side development before although I may do in 
> the future.  I've manually coded some ASP server side scripts in the 
> past for processing data etc, but never looked at PHP.
>
> Excuse these basic questions, but am I correct in assuming that PHP is a 
> non-visual server side processing environment?  Therefore Delphi4PHP is 
> also non-visual?  Or does it also create HTML code to run in a browser?
>
> Regards,
> Ross.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeremy Coulter" <vss at vss.co.nz>
> To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" 
> <delphi at ns3.123.net.nz>
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:56 PM
> Subject: RE: [DUG] CDN Article
>
>
> I just watched your "First PHP App."  Alister.
> I have never been a PHP fan before, and really, never had a requirment 
> to
> use it, and therefore am not much of a PHP developer, but I must admit,
> Delphi4PHP made me look at it, and the language seems pretty easy to 
> work
> out.
>
> How have others found Delphi4PHP ? I must admit, there was the odd 
> little
> thing here and there, but over all it seemed quite nice...
>
> Jeremy
>
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