Running PHP and MySQL offline
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Running PHP and MySQL offline
Hi,
I have a web site set up that uses MySQL databases and PHP and is only usable online [obviously].
What i would like to be able to do is to use the site exactly as it is used online but offline.
i.e. the site is used to record user details and payments. What if a user cannot connect to the Internet? I would like to be able to offer a backup system offline that will allow the use of a database that stores data in tables like the tables in MS Access not in a pompt environment.
I hope this is clear and understandable.
Thanks,
Nick
I have a web site set up that uses MySQL databases and PHP and is only usable online [obviously].
What i would like to be able to do is to use the site exactly as it is used online but offline.
i.e. the site is used to record user details and payments. What if a user cannot connect to the Internet? I would like to be able to offer a backup system offline that will allow the use of a database that stores data in tables like the tables in MS Access not in a pompt environment.
I hope this is clear and understandable.
Thanks,
Nick
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I thought that might be the case. The only problem with that is that each user is at a different location, thus the online system.
Is there any way to use a virtual server? like when you use Apache to test PHP scripts against offline MySQL before I uploaded to a live server.
Nick
Thanks for the reply.
I thought that might be the case. The only problem with that is that each user is at a different location, thus the online system.
Is there any way to use a virtual server? like when you use Apache to test PHP scripts against offline MySQL before I uploaded to a live server.
Nick
If you are meaning that users who do not have internet, but have a telephone and what to use your service? Ummm there is a open source app called Asterisk, you would have to configure that to talk with your database. http://www.asterisk.org/
I'm not sure if that helps or answers your question.
I'm not sure if that helps or answers your question.
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My main aim is to use a browser as the front-end so that users do not get confused by design change. I could use Access to run the entire offline database but the look and feel is sooooo different and ugly.
Is there anyway of using Access base tables to store data and use PHP to execute scripts via a web browser (completely offline)?
Thanks,
Nick
Is there anyway of using Access base tables to store data and use PHP to execute scripts via a web browser (completely offline)?
Thanks,
Nick
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