Using PHP as active desktop

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Using PHP as active desktop

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Is this possible? I wrote a simple "Hello world" PHP script and forced it as my desktop background and I'm getting no results. I can't see this being impossible though. Has anyone tried this before?

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May I ask why you want to do this?
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Maybe GTK?
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Post by Mordred »

Have you addressed the page as http://localhost/whatever.php?
Also, you must set it as desktop->customize->web, not as a background.

Anyway, go and repeat ten times the Lord's Prayer as an excuse for your perversion :P
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Post by impulse() »

Mordred wrote:Have you addressed the page as http://localhost/whatever.php?
Also, you must set it as desktop->customize->web, not as a background.

Anyway, go and repeat ten times the Lord's Prayer as an excuse for your perversion :P
That worked. It was more of a work project and having peoples desktop display when they have a reminder. Although that could make for some quite cool projects. A bit of AJAX showing server stats and where ever your imagination takes you from there.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

I use an HTML background, it's just html and javascript though, but I suppose a little ajax could spice things up a bit if you want. In order for PHP to enter the mix, you'll have to prod a server somewhere...
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Localhost host, of course. It's a neat idea, I should try it some time.
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Post by DaveTheAve »

That would be really nice if you could remove ALL icons from your desktop. In the ajax program running in the background you can orginaize the "icons" tag em, have everyday tools like calenders or w/e... kinda cool. But then again, i'd rather use the normal desktop w/ widgets.
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You can remove all the icons (the "permanent" ones are removable via Properties > Desktop > Customize Destop > Desktop icons. But what you're describing would require mad AJAXing and interfacing with Windows.
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