Paul SlavicPaul Slavic wrote to told us about the availablity of version 2 of ZZEE PHPExe, a step towards better compatibility with lots of legacy code, including various frameworks (such as Zend framework) and applications. Many significant changes are made, making it much easier to compile legacy PHP code and use standard PHP tricks.
ZZEE PHPExe compiles PHP, HTML, Javascript and other web files into Windows GUI programs. More information and downloads available here: http://www.zzee.com/phpexe/.
ZZEE PHPExe Features :

  • Includes a compact webserver, a built-in webbrowser and embedded PHP
  • Compiled applications don’t conflict with any webservers (neither Apache nor IIS), other PHP installations, proxies and firewalls
  • Compiled applications don’t occupy any TCP ports
  • More than one copy of a compiled application can run at a time
  • The program uses ISAPI (not slow CGI) interface for optimal performance
  • ZZEE PHPExe v 2.0.0 ships with PHP v 5.2.5
  • The program includes lots of PHP extensions
  • You can use your own PHP extensions
  • Built-in webbrowser is based on Internet Explorer and thus compatible with the most popular webbrowser
  • Internal webbrowser runs with high permissions, providing the possibilities that are often disabled in regular webbrowsers for security reasons
  • Many debugging options are available

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