We have been working with the PHP/Java bridge for some projects (http://php-java-bridge.sourceforge.net/pjb/), which basically provides option #1.
The Java Bridge installs as a standard WAR in Tomcat and can be configured as a servlet in your webapps. For any requests for PHP files, it then executes the PHP files via a FastCGI process (or mod_php if you choose). This gives you full access to all installed PHP libraries, plus you can access your Java classes (and the servlet HttpSession) seemless -- the PHP side uses a stream XML protocol to invoke the Java back-end and is actually quite fast. Overall it's a great and very active project. And it works very well for integrating PHP into a Java environment. But I don't think it's something I would want to see integrated with Tomcat itself. I'm just an observer here, but for me, Tomcat is about being a great servlet container, not a vehicle for every web technology. --Gary On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 09:53 +0200, jean-frederic clere wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking that this thread goes to nowhere... > > To get some php stuff in TC you have 3 solutions: > 1- FastCGI. > 2- PHP engine embedded in in the JVM. > 3- PHP rewritten in JAVA. > > 1 - That probably the best solution but you need a FastCGI proxy > servlet (Could be a good application for the new Comet stuff). > > 2 - That also needs a servlet and a careful build of the php engine and > it extensions. > > 3 - I don't think that the scope of the Tomcat project. > > Cheers > > Jean-Frederic > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
