Is it possible to create console applications in PHP in Clipper style?

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Is it possible to create console applications in PHP in Clipper style?

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It looks like something from another planet, but I'd like to see a current language doing some old stuff, like a PHP doing a Clipper-style application, one with simple, but very efficient lines.

I will not go into merit difficulty or viability, I already do desktop applications with PHP in intranets and I will say one thing, joining jQuery and CSS with PHP can do a lot.

I know I can run PHP on the command line and I already do this on Linux Cron, but I would like to go further, create applications with interfaces like Clipper, Cobol and others from the old era, rsrs

Is it possible, are there libraries for this?

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asked by anonymous 27.03.2018 / 22:54

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Possible is. Not suitable. It would be nice to use a library that gives access to a slightly more sophisticated console like Ncurses and Termbox .

Actually PHP GUI application I've done and it's tragic , console is not much different, the language was not created for this.

I'm afraid to recommend anything to anyone who likes Clipper because the history is not good, but if you want to use Clipper continue with it . It is still very current, in my opinion, more than PHP. A language that was made for just about anything except making operating systems and stuff like that.

In Harbor you can use the Clipper's traditional console scheme or use other console media, use decent GUI, various databases including SQLite and MySQL that people use in PHP, or stay in DBF. It can do something for the web, use XML, JSON, encryption, and all these modern things, in addition to running on many 32- or 64-bit operating systems.