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ionosphere
Running a specified .pde file on a server
Mar 3rd, 2010, 10:20pm  
I've looked around the forums and come across topics such as ttp://processing.org/discourse/yabb2/?num=1263561367 and ttp://processing.org/discourse/yabb2/num_1193317878__but_I_need_some_more_guidance_.html

I want to run Processing remotely on a server. When the client connects in, is it possible to run PHP to make Processing run a specified .pde sketch

We can run Processing via command prompt, so is it possible to use system call from PHP to run Processing and make it run a specified .pde sketch

Or I need to take a look at other methods instead
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PhiLho 
Re: Running a specified .pde file on a server
Reply #1 - Mar 3rd, 2010, 10:41pm  
Well, as you have seen, Processing is a visual thing made to run on a display. Running it headless (without visual) isn't possible without hacks, like the virtual framebuffer one (simulating a display when there is none).
It depends on what you need to do, but perhaps something like GD for PHP (see Image Processing and Generation) might be an appropriate substitute. I see there is also a Cairo binding, closer of Processing perhaps, but I don't think it is shipped with all PHP distributions.
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