title: PHP-powered GUI Applications for Windows
body: <p>I know that PHP is an interpreted language and for web-based things, isn't designed for running GUI applications on actual OSs, but is there a way?</p>
  
  <p>Basically, is there a framework / system that allows me to create "native" (basically, binary, .exe, looks like a Win32 app with the native controls and all) windows, GUI-based applications?</p>
  
  <p>So I could code a PHP app with such framework, and (somehow) compile it into an .exe, and distribute it as a normal windows application. Possible?</p>
  
  <p>I could use VS/.NET , C# and all, but using PHP would allow me to reuse an internal framework for many extra functions, shortening the development cycle a lot.</p>
  
  <p>So, is there such a way to do it?</p>