PHP file to exe

[real_estate]

How can i convert a php file to exe format?

[Twey]

You can't. PHP doesn't compile down to a Windows executable format.

Why do you want to do this?

[blm126]

You can't compile php code,but you can create a Windows executable (http://www.bambalam.se/bamcompile/).

[Twey]

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.
It's NOT really a compiler in the sense that it doesn't produce native machine code from PHP sourcesSo it produces a standalone Windows executable PHP interpreter with some PHP bytecode embedded?

[blm126]

Yes exactly.It turns out you can compile PHP (http://www.roadsend.com/home/index.php?pageID=compiler) though. It's just expensive.

[Twey]

Hm... interesting idea, but I don't really see the point.