Convert a PHP script into a stand-alone windows executable

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I want to automate a fairly simple task  For this I have written a small PHP script which I run from the command line using PHP-CLI  Now I want to hand over this script to someone but I do not want to    give away the source code ask him to install PHP on the system   Is there a way to create a  exe version of the PHP script  I am really not much worried about de-compilation  I am more worried about asking people to install and configure PHP

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I had problems with most of the tools in other answers as they are all very outdated.

If you need a solution that will "just work", pack a bare-bones version of php with your project in a WinRar SFX archive, set it to extract everything to a temporary directory and execute php your_script.php.

To run a basic script, the only files required are php.exe and php5.dll (or php5ts.dll depending on version).

To add extensions, pack them along with a php.ini file:

[PHP]
extension_dir = "."
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_xxxx.dll
...

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Peachpie  http   www peachpie io  https   github com iolevel peachpie  Peachpie is PHP 7 compiler based on Roslyn by Microsoft and drawing from popular Phalanger  It allows PHP to be executed within the  NET  NETCore by compiling the PHP code to pure MSIL   Phalanger  http   v4 php-compiler net   http   wiki php-compiler net Phalanger Wiki  https   github com devsense phalanger  Phalanger is a project which was started at Charles University in Prague and was supported by Microsoft  It compiles source code written in the PHP scripting language into CIL  Common Intermediate Language  byte-code  It handles the beginning of a compiling process which is completed by the JIT compiler component of the  NET Framework  It does not address native code generation nor optimization  Its purpose is to compile PHP scripts into  NET assemblies  logical units containing CIL code and meta-data   Bambalam  https   github com xZero707 Bamcompile   Bambalam PHP EXE Compiler Embedder is a free command line tool to convert PHP applications to standalone Windows  exe applications  The exe files produced are totally standalone  no need for php dlls etc  The php code is encoded using the Turck MMCache Encode library so it s a perfect solution if you want to distribute your application while protecting your source code  The converter is also suitable for producing  exe files for windowed PHP applications  created using for example the WinBinder library   It s also good for making stand-alone PHP Socket servers clients  using the php sockets dll extension    It s NOT really a compiler in the sense that it doesn t produce native machine code from PHP sources  but it works    ZZEE PHPExe  http   www zzee com phpexe   ZZEE PHPExe compiles PHP  HTML  Javascript  Flash and other web files into Windows GUI exes  You can rapidly develop Windows GUI applications by employing the familiar PHP web paradigm  You can use the same code for online and Windows applications with little or no modification  It is a Commercial product   phc-win  http   wiki swiftlytilting com Phc-win  The PHP extension bcompiler is used to compile PHP script code into PHP bytecode  This bytecode can be included just like any php file as long as the bcompiler extension is loaded  Once all the bytecode files have been created  a modified Embeder is used to pack all of the project files into the program exe    Requires   php5ts dll  php win32std dll  php bcompiler dll  php-embed ini    ExeOutput  http   www exeoutput com   Commercial  WinBinder  http   winbinder org   WinBinder is an open source extension to PHP  the script programming language  It allows PHP programmers to easily build native Windows applications  producing quick and rewarding results with minimum effort  Even short scripts with a few dozen lines can generate a useful program  thanks to the power and flexibility of PHP   PHPDesktop  https   github com cztomczak phpdesktop  PHP Desktop is an open source project founded by Czarek Tomczak in 2012 to provide a way for developing native desktop applications using web technologies such as PHP  HTML5  JavaScript  amp  SQLite  This project is more than just a PHP to EXE compiler  it embeds a web-browser  Internet Explorer or Chrome embedded   a Mongoose web-server and a PHP interpreter  The development workflow you are used to remains the same  the step of turning an existing website into a desktop application is basically a matter of copying it to  www   directory  Using SQLite database is optional  you could embed mysql postgresql database in application s installer   PHP Nightrain  https   github com kjellberg nightrain  Using PHP Nightrain you will be able to deploy and run HTML  CSS  JavaScript and PHP web applications as a native desktop application on Windows  Mac and the Linux operating systems  Popular PHP Frameworks  e g  CakePHP  Laravel  Drupal  etc     are well supported   phc-win  fork   https   github com RDashINC phc-win  A more-or-less forked version of phc-win  it uses the same techniques as phc-win but supports almost all modern PHP versions   5 3  5 4  5 5  5 6  etc  It also can use Enigma VB to combine the php5ts dll with your exe  aswell as UPX compress it  Lastly  it has win32std and winbinder compilied statically into PHP   EDIT  Another option is to use   http   www appcelerator com products titanium-cross-platform-application-development   an online compiler that can build executables for a number of different platforms  from a number of different languages including PHP  TideSDK  http   www tidesdk org   TideSDK is actually the renamed Titanium Desktop project  Titanium remained focused on mobile  and abandoned the desktop version  which was taken over by some people who have open sourced it and dubbed it TideSDK   Generally  TideSDK uses HTML  CSS and JS to render applications  but it supports scripted languages like PHP  as a plug-in module  as well as other scripting languages like Python and Ruby

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ExeOutput is also can Turn PHP Websites into Windows Applications and Software

Turn PHP Websites into Windows Applications and Software

Applications made with ExeOutput for PHP run PHP scripts, PHP applications, and PHP websites natively, and do not require a web server, a web browser, or PHP distribution. They are stand-alone and work on any computer with recent Windows versions.

ExeOutput for PHP is a powerful website compiler that works with all of the elements found on modern sites: PHP scripts, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, PDF files, Flash, Flash videos, Silverlight videos, databases, and images. Combining these elements with PHP Runtime and PHP Extensions, ExeOutput for PHP builds an EXE file that contains your complete application.

http://www.exeoutput.com/

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The current PHP Nightrain  4 0 0  is written in Python and it uses the   wxPython libraries  So far wxPython has been working well to get PHP   Nightrain where it is today but in order to push PHP Nightrain to its   next level  we are introducing a sibling of PHP Nightrain  the   PHPWebkit    It s an update to PHP Nightrain   https   github com entrypass nightrain-ep

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I tried most of solution given in the 1st answer, the only one that worked for me and is non-commercial is php-desktop.

I simply put my php files in the www/ folder, changed the name of .exe and was able to run my php as an exe !!

Also there is a complete documentation, up to date support, windows and linux (and soon mac) compatibility and options can easily be changed.

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My experience in this matter tells me   most of these software work good with small projects   But what about big projects  e g  Zend Framework 2 and some things like that  Some of them need browser to run and this is difficult to tell customer  please type http   localhost   in your browser address bar       I create a simple project to do this   PHPPy    This is not complete way for create stand alone executable file for running php projects but helps you to do this  I couldn t compile python file with PyInstaller or Py2exe to  exe file   hope you can  You don t need uniformserver executable files

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RapidEXE is exactly for this job    SoftPedia page Author s original page   It converts a php project to a standalone exe  I had enough of all other compilers  tried them one by one and they all disappointed me one way or another  Be my guest  feedbacks are always welcome   Side note  the mechanism behind it is quite similar to the WinRAR SFX approach  extract engine  extract source  then run  It s just faster and easier to work with  One-command compilation  compressed  smart unpack  auto cleanup  easy config  full control of php engine  amp  version   also extensible with minimal effort   Happy developing

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