Ant: Re: Ant: [Php-java-bridge-users] Questions pack // Windows

[Jost B. <jos...@ya...>]

Hi,

[please excuse the delay]

> 4.4.0 - at least you can always ask new users to get
> latest version of
> PHP to avoid bugs introduced earlier. 

Well, people have a reason why they use php 4.3.2,
4.3.3 or 4.4.0 or 5.0.x.  Certain extensions only work
in one of these versions.

So if users what to use a specific version of php for
which no binary exists, I usually ask them to compile
from source.

> I've tried to
> compile PHP myself
> from CVS, but failed. 

Which errors specifically?


> I want to try mix of Java and PHP in 
> standalone application.

I didn't think this is possible. PHP is missing
features which are essential for desktop applications.
For example it doesn't have threads; it relies on the
web server to provide an "execution environment".

There are other environments which support the PHP
programming language for example a php -> CIL compiler
exists for the MONO project. 


> Yes, sometimes. 

Okay.  I think it is possible to split the zip file
into a "documentation" zip and a zip file which
contains the php_java.dll, the php.ini and a short
readme.


> I like things like unzip and run. Like any lazy user
> I hate doing
> things that could be automated 

I don't see how this could be automated.  Some people
use IIS, others prefer apache.  


> README is very long and contains a lot of
> information. Read 25k just
> to find command line options (especially if there
> are not any) is a
> waste of time. I thought it should be good for an
> application to
> react on help/unknown cmd parameters to be
> user-friendly.

Sorry, the parameters are documented in the
INSTALL.WINDOWS document only.  The README is indeed a
little bit unix centric; unix users usually start the
bridge via the php-java-bridge.service script or via
the php-java-bridge command.

If you install with "rpm -i php-java-bridge*.rpm" or
by double-clicking on the .rpm, the RPM package
manager will automatically set this up.

AFAIK windows doesn't have such a setup program. But I
am not a windows expert, though.
 

> I don't think it is easy, esp. for me. =) 

What I meant was: Isn't it possible to use
java_closure() for this?  For example:

<?
class test {
  function toString() {
    $sys=new JavaClass("java.lang.System");
    return "Hello java from php@" . $sys;
  }
}

$t = new test();
$javaT = java_closure($t);
echo $javaT;
?>

=> [proxy0: "Hello java from php@100982"]


The problem is that Sun's dynamic proxy doen't accept
a super class, i.e. the parent class is always
java.lang.Object.  There are several open source
implementations which change this.

But in practice I think this isn't an issue. You can
always delegate, e.g. use the decorator pattern.


Regards,
Jost Boekemeier



		
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