This sounds like fun!
This morning I chanced upon a link on the Twitters for a newly released project called PHP for Android. It achieves this by using the Android Scripting Environment. According to the website…
PHP for Android project (PFA) aims to make PHP development in Android not only possible but also feasible providing tools and documentation.
ASE (Android Scripting Environment) is a Google-mantained project which “brings scripting languages to Android by allowing you to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device”.
PhpForAndroid-APK provides PHP support to ASE.
My initial reaction to this is… Exciting! I love seeing geeky projects like this. I know a lot of people won’t see any usefulness for it… but it seems like it could be a lot of fun. Is this software fit for any sorts of serious software development / deployment? No. (Not in its current state, anyway.) But with PHP being the one language that I am the most familiar with, it gives me a chance to dick around with the platform in my own way until I can find the time, focus, and motivation to learn Java and the Android development platform. 
It almost seems like those PHP extensions for Python or GTK. Just a tool to give your code another outlet.
Make no mistake. I definitely STILL HOPE that I can find that time, focus, and motivation to teach myself Java in the near future!
In other news, I’m thinking that if I do end up going into a new web project soon, that I want to use it to explore HTML5. With HTML5 becoming the a big & serious thing, and seeing just how powerful and useful it can be, it’s probably best to not dilly dally with it! I’m already far enough behind the curve… I still don’t know too much about JavaScript! Haha.
