Introduction to PHPGTK

PHPGTK is an extension to PHP that allows you to create graphical user interface (GUI) applications. Instead of running in a browser, your PHP application runs in its own application window. These applications are client-side only. They do not reside on the Web server. The files instead reside on the user's hard drive. For users to use the PHPGTK application, they must have the proper version of PHP (with the GTK+ extension) installed on their system.

GTK+ was originally designed for the open-source image editing program called the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). GTK stands for the GIMP Tool Kit. Later, the Gnome team decided to use GTK+ to create their desktop environment for Linux. GTK+ has been ported to Windows, ...

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