My client is asking me to convert a PHP program into .exe format. I tried to convince him PHP is server side programming language but he is not accepting it. Is there any way to create a .exe program using PHP?
If you want to execute the exe file you can do by below command.
string exec ( string $command [, array &$output [, int &$return_var ]] )
For more details you can visit this link: http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
But, if you requirement is to create the exe file of php application it seems not a valid request, you can do following things to achive a work around:
1) Create the small VB application with Web component and set the URL in the web component as the application's http URL. 2) Create the setup file of the VB application. 3) When someone would install the exe file, at the end PHP application with http request only would open.