Php4delphi

PHP4Delphi
Designed by	Serhiy Perevoznyk
Developer	Serhiy Perevoznyk
First appeared	2002; 22 years ago
Stable release	6.2 / November 24, 2017; 6 years ago
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
OS	Windows
License	PHP
Website	github.com/perevoznyk/php4delphi
Influenced by
	PHP,; Delphi

PHP4Delphi is a visual development software framework for creating custom PHP extensions using Delphi. PHP extension, in the most basic terms, is a set of instructions that is designed to add functions to PHP.

Overview

PHP4Delphi provides a visual development framework for creating custom PHP extensions using Delphi. PHP extension, in the most basic of terms, is a set of instructions that is designed to add functions to PHP.
PHP4Delphi also allows executing the PHP scripts within a Delphi program directly from file or memory. Global variables can be read, write, and result values set.
PHP4Delphi allows embedding the PHP interpreter into a Delphi application to extend and customize the application without needing to recompile it.

Structure

PHP4Delphi is organized into several subprojects:

PHP scripting

PHP4Delphi allows executing PHP scripts within a Delphi program using TpsvPHP component directly without a web server. It is a scripting for applications (like Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) for Microsoft Office) that enables writing client-side graphical user interface (GUI) applications or server-side PHP support in case if you are developing PHP enabled web servers. One of the goals behind it was to prove that PHP is a capable general-purpose scripting language that is suited for more than Web applications only. With PHP4Delphi you can use Delphi forms instead of web-forms, pass parameters to script directly.

PHP extensions development framework

The visual development framework gives the possibility to create custom PHP extensions using Delphi.

PHP4Applications

PHP4Applications allows integrating PHP in any application. It supports C#, C, C++, Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Delphi, Delphi .NET, Visual Basic (.NET), etc.