Re: [Php-java-bridge-users] Stand alone execution of PHP (CLI script) through Java

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Hi Jost,

Thanks for the quick reply. Also--if for some reason this creates a new
thread... I'm REALLY sorry. I don't have a tendency to interact with a lot
of SourceForge projects lately and I couldn't exactly figure out the proper
way to reply to you response. I figured that if the mailman system were
smart it'd pick up on the fact that I added the same subject, but prefix
"Re:" to it and thread it in properly. Once again, sorry if I created a new
thread on this by accident. =/

> why don't you simply use an Ant exec task. The build.xml shipped with
> the JavaBridge source code uses this, too.

There was some reason I wasn't doing this. But honestly--I can't remember
now. Maybe it was just because I was being stubborn. Who knows. Obviously
you point out a very simple and obvious solution for my woes. One which I
should not ignore. Of course, now that I'm knee deep in the code I want to
play. So at least I have a fall back solution. Thank you for pointing it
out!

>> So my questions are these:
>> 1. Does the PHP Java Bridge support some means of identifying the
location
>> that it should search for an PHP executable... [/snip]
>
> You can use -Dphp.java.bridge.php_exec=/path/to/php-cgi.exe if php-cgi
> is not in the PATH. Please see php.java.bridge.global.properties file
> and our FAQ entry "How can I configure the bridge?"
>
>> 2. Does the PHP Java Bridge support setting command line arguments on the
>> PHP executable (e.g. "-d foo=bar")? [/snip]
>
> Yes, please see PHP_EXEC_ARGS from the
> php.java.bridge.global.properties file and our FAQ entry "How can I
> configure the bridge?"

I must have some how missed the FAQ entry on configuring the bridge. I'll
double check that out. Thank you so much for pointing it out to me!

>> 3. Does the PHP Java Bridge support setting script level arguments?
Again,
>> if it does not, is there any way to extend existing classes to add this
>> functionality and if so what classes should I look at?
>
> What are script-level arguments? Do you mean JSR 223 bindings? Please
> see the JSR 223 specification for details.

What I mean by "script level arguments" (the term is probably incorrect) are
those arguments that you pass in as parameters to the script being run. Sort
of like the main()'s argc/argv arguments.  For instance, the phing.php
script takes a couple of arguments to determine what it should run (like
Ant): -buildfile build.xml task. These are what I'm referring to as "script
level" arguments.

> (new ScriptEngineManager()).getEngineByName("php").eval("<?php
exit(1+2);");
>
> is just a glorified version of System.exec(...), as long as you don't
> decorate the standard ScriptContext. So it isn't very useful for your
> task.

Thats very good to know. Thank you Jost for your prompt and very helpful
reply! Off to go play in the code pit!

Regards,
Sean W. Quinn