PHP SQL - PHP & MySQL on PDA

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PHP & MySQL on PDA

Scott

2004-09-22, 3:57 pm

This is prbably along shot but.........

I use PHP/MySQL for a stock control/point of sale program which works
fantastically (PHP/MySQL rocks!!) the system has various reports for stock
levels, run rates, purchase prices etc, which are handy to have when I
visit suppliers. At the moment I simply sync the MySQL database from my
laptop to the server and off I go. The problem is I go to quite a lot of
trade fairs and it is no fun walking round all day carrying a laptop!

Are there any tools to allow PHP/MySql to run on a PDA? I can also program
VB so I could write an app tha would run on PocketPC to find the info I
need and port the data to pocket access but this is quite a lot of hassle
and would rather stick with MySQL if possible.

Thanks for any help

Scott

Kevin Thorpe

2004-09-24, 8:57 am

Scott wrote:
> This is prbably along shot but.........
>
> I use PHP/MySQL for a stock control/point of sale program which works
> fantastically (PHP/MySQL rocks!!) the system has various reports for stock
> levels, run rates, purchase prices etc, which are handy to have when I
> visit suppliers. At the moment I simply sync the MySQL database from my
> laptop to the server and off I go. The problem is I go to quite a lot of
> trade fairs and it is no fun walking round all day carrying a laptop!
>
> Are there any tools to allow PHP/MySql to run on a PDA? I can also program
> VB so I could write an app tha would run on PocketPC to find the info I
> need and port the data to pocket access but this is quite a lot of hassle
> and would rather stick with MySQL if possible.

Unfortunately the doesn't appear to be a Pocket PC port. However, if you
buy yourself a Zaurus (linux) PDA you can run Apache, Mysql and php and
use the built-in Opera browser to access your apps. I think I might look
into this myself.

This chap has managed to set it up: http://www.caulfei.demon.co.uk/zaurus/

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