porting PHP web-ap over to a C++ installable program

sfullman

Hi,

I might also want to get with a qualified person on a future project, but this is a general question.

I have developed an extensive web application using php which talks to a mysql database. The coding does not use classes, only (very good I think) functions.

my question is, how much work is involved in creating a desktop-type installable program which has the same interface and layout as the browser-based application, and talks to the same database?

One further question is can the mysql database be "embedded" in the program so the program is self-contained, and is it possible to have the program switch-hit between an embedded db and an external db connected to over a network.

Just need an idea of how much work is involved. Is all my php coding useless or can it be ported over?

laserlight

sfullman wrote:
I have developed an extensive web application using php which talks to a mysql database. The coding does not use classes, only (very good I think) functions.

my question is, how much work is involved in creating a desktop-type installable program which has the same interface and layout as the browser-based application, and talks to the same database?
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Just need an idea of how much work is involved. Is all my php coding useless or can it be ported over?

The work that you do not need to do is that related to the database itself. Other than that, I think that it is mostly business as usual.

You might be able to translate the PHP functions directly, but that depends on how they are written and the language that you will be translating to. Perhaps PHP-GTK will help, but I have no idea if it is actually suitable for production use.

sfullman wrote:
One further question is can the mysql database be "embedded" in the program so the program is self-contained, and is it possible to have the program switch-hit between an embedded db and an external db connected to over a network.

I recall that this is possible, but it is probably better to use SQLite or Firebird for the embedded database.