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Can a PHP website run from a CD (under Windows)?

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Hi there!

Can a PHP website run from a CD (under Windows)?

One of my clients asked me the possibility to have his web site (PHP/MySQL) on CD for marketing purposes (is an on-line magazine). I know several off-line browsers, but the website becames static. Do you know any solution to this?

Which program should I choose?

1. Server2Go ($55)

What is Server2Go
Server2Go is Donationware. This means that you can download and use it for free and you do not have to pay any royalty charges when distributing an application on CD-ROM that uses Server2Go. But if you use it commercially or like to keep it freely available you should donate to the project.

Server2Go was built with use on CD-ROM in mind. A lot of features are only useful if you want to create a CD-ROM based web application. But that does not mean that you cannot use S2G as a development server for PHP or Perl. It has all the features you need without the hassle of configuring an Apache environment. Server2Go is the ideal solution for distributing web based applications.

Main Features
- Complete WAMPP Server-Stack
- Runs directly from CD-ROM, USB Stick or Hard disk without installation
- Full featured webserver (based on apache)
- PHP 5.x support with many extensions installed (e.g. gd)
- Supports SQLite databases
- Runs on all versions of Windows from Win 98 and above, MAC OSX support is coming
- Support for MySQL 5 Databases
- Supports many PHP extensions (GD-Lib, PDO...) by default
- Support for Perl 5.8

For more information, please visit http://www.server2go-web.de

2. LitePXP ($99.95)

What is LitePXP
- It is a program designed to run PHP pages from CD or USB Stick.
- It helps you put PHP website on CD to run without the internet.

Is it for me
- If you want a handy program that allows you to run PHP pages from any location,
- If you want to have your PHP website on CD for marketing or any other purposes,

Features
- It is a portable application which includes Apache, MySQL and PHP.
- You can run this software directly from CD/DVD or any other media.
- It runs PHP pages and its window will display the respective page.
- You can re-brand and customize it with your product name and icon.
- You can distribute it with your applications on CD or other media.

- PHP 5 support
- GD support
- Zend Optimizer support
- ionCube PHP Loader support
- SQLite support
- MySQL support
- IMAP support
- cURL support
- mcrypt support
- MHASH support
- Multibyte support
- Sockets support

For more information, please visit http://www.litepxp.com

Any clue is very welcome. Thanks!
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Re: Can a PHP website run from a CD (under Windows)?

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You don't have to buy anything. It's just a matter of getting all the stuff you need and setting up the right paths in the various configuration files.

It does take some effort though, so if you just want a speedy solution then by all means buy one of those. But if you'd like to save some money you can start by downloading the PHP, Apache, and MySQL binaries (and whatever else you need). Don't get the installer versions: get the zipped/tarballed/compressed-archive ones.
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tasairis wrote:You don't have to buy anything. It's just a matter of getting all the stuff you need and setting up the right paths in the various configuration files.

It does take some effort though, so if you just want a speedy solution then by all means buy one of those. But if you'd like to save some money you can start by downloading the PHP, Apache, and MySQL binaries (and whatever else you need). Don't get the installer versions: get the zipped/tarballed/compressed-archive ones.
A bit complex for me.. :banghead:
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Frank Smith wrote:A bit complex for me.. :banghead:
Fair enough.

Not that I have any experience with either, but the former looks better (my uneducated choice) while the latter may be better quality. Check Google for reviews.
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tasairis wrote:
Frank Smith wrote:A bit complex for me.. :banghead:
Fair enough.

Not that I have any experience with either, but the former looks better (my uneducated choice) while the latter may be better quality. Check Google for reviews.
tasairis, you're a nice person. :lol:

Did you try Server2Go or LitePXP? I have tried LitePXP and have found it very useful.
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