[Php-java-bridge-users] Suggested deployment?

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Hi,

 We have a php web application which will be accessing a third party
Java API (in form of jars) what is the suggested deployment method? I
have tried following:

1. Compiled the source which results in java.so and then include it in
php.ini using 'extension=java.so'

2. Start the servlet engine explicitly using java commend 'java -jar
JavaBridge.jar SERVLET:8080 3 javabridge_servlet.log' inside
JAVA.STANDALONE folder.

 I have couple of questions.
- Which is the suggested way of deploying php-java bridge?
- The servlet engine which is part of the JavaBridge.jar is it stable
enough for production?
- Good thing about option 1 is that I do not have to start any
separate process it gets started with apache but we have experienced
that for some reason for every call it was creating a separate process
and we end up having lots of java processes. Are we using it
incorrectly?

Thanks for the help.

Regards,
Amit.