XUL Motor Prototype in PHP for GTK

Hi,

  Harry Fuecks - builder of the world's first XUL
motor for PHP-GTK - wrote an article about his
endavour entitled "XUL to PHP-GTK".

  Harry's prototype can take in XUL like this:

<window
    title="XUL to PHP-GTK"
   
xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">

    <!-- Note full path to script for inclusion -->
    <script type="application/x-php"
        src="c:htdocsxul2gtkfunctions.php" />

    <vbox>
        <!-- Note id's must be valid PHP variable
names! -->
        <textbox
            id="messageBox"
            value="Messages..."
            readonly="false"/>
        <hbox>
            <button
                label="Hello World!"
                oncommand="hello" />
            <button
                label="Goodbye World!"
                oncommand="goodbye" />
        </hbox>
    </vbox>

</window>

  and turn it into a live PHP app using the GTK UI
toolkit without calling in any browser machinery.
What's more you can even script your apps using - hold
your breath - PHP. Here's an example:

<?php
function hello() {
    // Use the getElementById() function to fetch the
widget
    $messageBox=& getElementById('messageBox');
    $length=$messageBox->get_length();
    $messageBox->freeze();
    $messageBox->insert_text("Hello World!n",$length);
    $messageBox->thaw();
}

function goodbye() {
    $messageBox=& getElementById('messageBox');
    $length=$messageBox->get_length();
    $messageBox->freeze();
    $messageBox->insert_text("Goodbye
World!n",$length);
    $messageBox->thaw();
}
?>

  Harry wraps up his article writing why Glade's XML
UI haystack falls short and why XUL is long overdue.

   Full story at
http://www.phppatterns.com/index.php/article/articleview/48/1/2/

   - Gerald


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