Would PHP be a good choice as a language to use for an application I need to write that will run as a web app, but also have a desktop component?
The desktop component will collect data and when the user synchronizes to the web site, the data will be uploaded to a MySQL database on the web server. The data will also then be viewable on the website as it is on the desktop app. So, basically the web and desktop app will be the same, just different platforms.
I can see that PHP would work fine as the web development language, but I'm not sure about the desktop app.
Any suggestions? I would also appreciate any suggestions as to how to keep the database information on the desktop. Should I use MySQL there also?
