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OpenGL in PHP

Posted by michael on from the they-said-it-couldn't-be-done dept.

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.

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  1. PHP OpenGL on SourceForge by mdrejhon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Very impressive -- A while back I heard about PHPOpenGL.

    But he didn't even use this at all! Pretty self contained, even to the gzipped uuencoded DLL file embedded in this PHP script whose sole purpose is to create the window that this PHP demo needs for the 3D graphics.

    1. Re:PHP OpenGL on SourceForge by iridiumz0r · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I didn't think anyone would submit it. I didn't. But, I suppose I'm not suprised it reached it if someone were to submit it.

  2. vsync by shamilton · · Score: 4, Interesting

    59 fps? Sounds like vertical sync at 60 hz. Anybody have any real performance figures?

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  3. Rendering 3D graphs of a slashdotting by mhesseltine · · Score: 4, Interesting

    While my subject is half-joking, it would be cool to be able to have a running traffic chart generated by a PHP script that you could use to monitor a particular server.

    Maybe tie this in with the 3D portscanning/IDS system mentioned a few days ago and make it a remote application?

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  4. Perfect application by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've joined a group at LBNL (berkeley lab) that could use this. They have a database of molecular data, and they need a way to visualize it using a web interface.

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  5. How about a new set off 'On Demand' products? by randomErr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Here's a couple of ideas:
    - GPS terrain mapping: stream a live map in real time with low bandwidth
    - Shrek Chat Live!: Have hires avatars render while you speak. Kinda like that Microsoft chat but with good chat buddies.
    - Quantum Encryption: Have a whole 3d movie but just use three texture map hidden in the movie are your keys.

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  6. Re:Using the right tool for the job by killjoe · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am curious, why don't you consider php to be the right tool? It's a turing complete language, it's object oriented, it supports inheritance (and mixin type multiple inheritance), it has exception handling, assertions, a large library and a large community.

    So why not php? What makes php a poor choice as opposed to say perl, python, ruby, vb.net or any other scripted language?

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