php executable file

hosefo81 · March 19th, 2004, 06:30 AM

My lecturer ask me to save my project's executable file on a CD so that she can run it. But i don't know how. I'm using php, MySQL and Apache. Please help!

Snib · March 19th, 2004, 06:10 PM

You want to copy a file to a CD? Just once? Does it have to be with PHP? Or can you just use your operating system (i.e. Windows Explorer)?

I think you need to elaborate on this a bit....

The way you put it, it sounds as if you just want to burn a CD....

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hosefo81 · March 19th, 2004, 09:56 PM

Yeah. i want to burn it on a cd. it's my final year project. i have finished it and my lecturer needs to know how, or if, all the components on my project can be delivered as a stand-alone CD. i am thinking of just copy all .php to nero or whatever burning software but that method isn't going to make the database available on the CD.

CFerthorney · March 20th, 2004, 06:11 AM

What DB are you using? If it is MySQL then type the following

Code:

mysqldump -u USER -p DBName > /path/to/where/file/to/be/stored/DBName.sql

then enter your password. If successful go to the directory you placed the file and look at it. It will be a series of SQL statements, that will restored all the data to your DB.

Burn that onto CD with a readme that says to install this DB, create a DB with the same name in MySQL, and then launch mysql with following

Code:

mysql -u USER -p DBName < /path/to/where/file/to/be/stored/DBName.sql

I believe there is a similar method for Oracle and SQL Server, but I am not sure about how these work or if they even exist!

HTH

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David Thorne, Student
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nikolai · March 23rd, 2004, 10:07 PM

Well, your major problem is that your instructor won't be able to pop your CD in to the drive and just click around your application.

If your instructor is expecting PHP source files and a dump of your MySQL database, then that's easy to do. If your instructor is expecting a CD containing a runnable version of your project, then he's out of luck...

Take care,

Nik
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