OpenGL in PHP

Neophytus writes "Submitted as an entry into the .geek PHP5 tournament a proof of concept openGL implementation in PHP has been released by Peter 'iridium' Waller. The demonstration (download) shows four items being rendered in realtime by PHP at a not unreasonable 59FPS. The author welcomes feedback with practical uses for this technology." Update: 06/09 01:10 GMT by T : iridiumz0r, author of this entry, adds a link to this informative page responding to a number of comments in the discussion below.

my favorite game...

[AtariMike]

How soon till we see a port of Unreal?

Practical uses for this technology

[vxvxvxvx]

Opengl in php.. well, let's see, you could umm.. sell it to a PHB who doesn't know any better, or make bets with people at the local pub that it can be done and then whip it out to win the bet.

Re:Practical uses for this technology

[Doomrat]

Opengl in php.. well, let's see, you could umm.. sell it to a PHB who doesn't know any better, or make bets with people at the local pub that it can be done and then whip it out to win the bet.

You'd have to find a pub full of freaks first, though.

Re:Running This

[rat7307]

I'm sure others are thinking, like me, "Huh? PHP in a window, not a server-side script?"

PHP-GTK baby.... GTK apps written in php..

Soon php will be used for all kinds of innapropriate uses!!

Viva PHP!

Do not be fooled by this

[Anonymous Coward]

cheap implementation. JBoss have a far superior product and this does not even come close to the technical excellence that is JBoss. I do not work for JBoss.

Hrm..

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe I'll just start using my kitchen sink as a bathtub just because I can.

Re:PHP OpenGL on SourceForge

[abscondment]

This just in:

Ken Brown of AdTI reports that there's no way this code could have been written in one year. More investigations are planned to see if code was stolen from MINIX.

Two words...

[tickticker]

...better pr0n

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Feedback

[Anonymous Coward]

The author welcomes feedback with practical uses for this technology.

Because he couldn't think of any.

*ducks*

And I say,

[consumer]

welcome to the party [cpan.org], PHP.

Re:Using the right tool for the job

[chabotc]

When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

What about

[T-Kir]

Soon php will be used for all kinds of innapropriate uses!!

For a moment I thought of someone writing a PHP script to dynamically generate Perl scripts for web output... just for no real reason

But then I thought.... Naaaaaa.

;)

P.S. Anything on NeHe [gamedev.net] about this yet? I did a text search of the front page but nada (I haven't been to the site in months).

Re:Mod parent down.

[ultramk]

... and I doubt they would make it to the front page on Slashdot without someone actually downloading and running them to see what they are.

Hi, welcome to Slashdot. You must be new here.

m-

Re:Running This

[PCM2]

Soon php will be used for all kinds of innapropriate uses!!

Like programming, you mean?

OOooooooh, FACE!!

uh, you read that wrong

[theantix]

from the they-said-it-couldn't-be-done dept.

No, that was the "from the they-said-it-shouldn't-be-done dept." It's down the hall to the right, and be sure to knock loudly before entering.

Cant wait till ads rely on my processor even more!

[Moonpie Madness]

think about it, im surfing the web, and some stupid ad comes up and demands my processor and video card take time away from whatever I purchased them to do... arrgh... unless I want to disable all the latest plugins or something, and that's a hassle to my lazy moonpie pudged ass

Re:Running This

[jdray]

Let me get this straight...

1. Read story on Slashdot.
2. Download .zip file to Windows box.
3. Unzip file.
4. Execute unknown code.
5. ????
6. Pray.

Is that about it?

Re:PHP OpenGL on SourceForge

[typobox43]

You obviously don't read Slashdot as regularly as you say if you think that a "mess-around" wouldn't make it onto the front page.

Re:Running This

[no longer myself]

It couldn't be anymore dangerous than checking your e-mail in Outlook...

Re:PHP OpenGL on SourceForge

[The Ogre]

Please, "not slashdot worthy"? I believe the page that details how to make an Enterprise out of a dead floppy disk made it up here, twice. You got that *BEAT*.

Re:Hrm..

[mrjb]

Actually my dad tried this once [using the sink as bathtub] before I was born, according to legend, because the tiny house they bought had no shower-- used the sink as tub and got stuck. If he moved one way he'd turn up the burning hot peel-your-skin-off temperature water, moving the other way he'd turn up the so-cold-it-would-freeze-his-you-know-what-off water. My mom, instead of helping out, ran off to get the photo camera. None of the pictures she took got any good, they were all shaken cause of her laughing....

Re:my favorite game...

[DarkHelmet]

Right after the Duke Nukem Forever port.

Re:PHP OpenGL on SourceForge

[Profane MuthaFucka]

I would have been the author of this thing, but I read Slashdot too fucking much.

Re:Do not be fooled by this

[Anonymous Coward]

JBoss Caught in Anonymous Posting Scheme [slashdot.org]

Re:Running This

[yerfatma]

Close one eye.

Re:Using the right tool for the job

[DMUTPeregrine]

Everything you just said can be applied to INTERCAL. It's turing complete. It's object oriented. Normally the object being a sledgehammer taken to the inventors, but still an object. It supports inheritance. Thousands have inherited headaches from trying to comprehend it. It has exception handling. The language is an exception, and it can handle printing the word INTERCAL rather without all That much difficulty. Assertions. Very easy in intercal. A large library. Well, there are a good number of libraries. Large community: Well, it's a good size, and anyone who has ever obfuscated code is an INTERCAL user at heart. Also anyone sick of the establishment. So why not INTERCAL? What makes INTERCAL a poor choice as opposed to say perl, python, ruby, vb.net, or any other language whatsoever?

Re:Yet another OpenGL binding

[vidarh]

It's mean to suggest something like that... Someone now WILL feel they NEED to write OpenGL bindings for BrainF*ck and Bash just because you suggested it and it's perverted enough.

Re:Using the right tool for the job

[TheRaven64]

When the only tool you have is a chainsaw, every problem looks like fun.