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Offline Franxoois

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Apache / php alternative
« on: October 19, 2013, 07:32:58 PM »
Hello,

I developed on Raspberry applications using apache/php/mysql , java/rxtx, hostapd. I used raspbian. I spend lots of time triming down the size of the system and making the system read only. I still have issues with data corruptions and the enormous size of the system
The needs are not that important. I already have been replaced java by python during the last months. Sqlite would be a lighter alternative.
I tried TC and was really impress. TC seems to be way better solution. I installed pyserial.

I did'nt find apache ou php in the repo. Would it be there soon ? Is there already light alternative for apache ? Maybe also an alternative for php ?

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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2013, 04:29:14 AM »
Hi

I will see whether APACHE and PHP can be added to the repo in the next days. As a lite WEB server I advice mongoose. It is a feature reach prog supporting CGI ehich may be useful. SQLITE is in the repo and MariaDB will come.
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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2013, 02:35:13 PM »
I have Apache 2.4.6 running, need few days to test and pack properly into a .tcz
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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2013, 03:07:53 PM »
I noticed the advice to try mongoose and thought I'd take a look at it.  In hunting around for the online docs, I found that the licensing of mongoose was changed a few weeks ago.  That won't retroactively affect the mongoose extension currently in the repository, but anyone making an update will want to bear that in mind.

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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2013, 03:16:13 PM »
Thanks for noting the change. However at http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/ is stated:

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Mongoose is licensed under the terms of GNU GPL v.2 license.

Previously it was MIT. I don't think that it has an influence on mongoose.tcz
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Offline Franxoois

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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2013, 05:09:04 AM »
Hi

I will see whether APACHE and PHP can be added to the repo in the next days. As a lite WEB server I advice mongoose. It is a feature reach prog supporting CGI ehich may be useful. SQLITE is in the repo and MariaDB will come.

Thanks for your advice. I will take a look at mongoose, maybe with LUA instead of php

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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2013, 11:18:15 AM »
For any non-trivial script, writing it in C or C++ will have lower size than in a scripting language, when you include the scripting runtime's size.

The C libs are also needed for the system, but PHP/Lua/etc only for your script; so if size is the goal, don't use a scripting lang.
The only barriers that can stop you are the ones you create yourself.

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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2013, 11:19:43 AM »
Hi Franxoois,

if your looking for a light-weight web-server, you might take a look at

     http://monkey-project.com

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Re: Apache / php alternative
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2013, 11:12:30 AM »
I've compiled lighttpd on the pi and that comes in at around 1Mb, I needed php as well, which comes in at a lot more: 8Mb.