Screensaver creation with PHP

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roudi
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Screensaver creation with PHP

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Hi all,

I have to create a webapplication which get some pictures and then create a screensaver with them.
Is it possible with PHP ?
Cheers.

Stefano
bg6aer
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Post by bg6aer »

o
i have never heard about that
wish you success
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Re: Screensaver creation with PHP

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roudi wrote:Hi all,

I have to create a webapplication which get some pictures and then create a screensaver with them.
Is it possible with PHP ?
Cheers.

Stefano
Do you mean like a .scr file?
roudi
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Post by roudi »

Hi,

Yes, i mean a SRC file !
Cheers.

Stefano
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Post by feyd »

PHP doesn't, without a lot of help (and coder experience,) have the ability to create Windows screensaver files. They are fully compiled executable programs (exe's) that are slightly different from a standard executable: they take two, very specific command line parameters.

If you want to know more, read here.
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