Thread: Re: [Php-java-bridge-users] Configure bridge as a PHP Apache module or deploy into J2EE server?

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Configure bridge as a PHP Apache module or deploy into J2EE server?

Thanks for the reply. I still require a little more advice if thats OK?

Why do I definitely need Tomcat? Is the reason for this so that I can use JDBC -- can you explain why I need Tomcat? 

I have had a go at setting up the bridge myself and managed to do the following, which may or may not be correct:

1) I auto-deployed the JavaBridge.war in the tomcats webapps folder.
2) I then accessed www.mydomain.com/JavaBridge/index.php (remember that I am using mod_jk so this is accessing Tomcat's webapps folder) and ran the examples - but these scripts gave errors:

Hello example gave this error

Hello: function bindtextdomain not found. Please install language support, see http://php.net for details

JSR 223 example2 gave this error:

protocol error: 
Method Not Allowed
The requested method PUT is not allowed for the URL /JavaBridge/jsp+php.jsp._cache_.phpjavabridge.
, Internal error at col 4. Check the back end log for OutOfMemoryErrors. protocol error: 
Method Not Allowed
The requested method PUT is not allowed for the URL /JavaBridge/jsp+php.jsp._cache_.phpjavabridge.
, Internal error at col 4. Check the back end log for OutOfMemoryErrors. 

JSR 223 and IIS/Apache interaction example gave this error:

protocol error: 
Method Not Allowed
The requested method PUT is not allowed for the URL /JavaBridge/jsp+php2.jsp._cache_.phpjavabridge.
, Internal error at col 4. Check the back end log for OutOfMemoryErrors. Could not evaluate script on IIS/Apache port 80: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: reader must be a ScriptFileReader 

Are the above errors pointing to problems with my PHP-Java Bridge installation? If so, how can I go about fixing them?

3) Next I copied the JavaBridge folder to the Apache htdocs folder, and renamed it to JavaBridge2. 
4) I then accessed the examples using www.mydomain.com/JavaBridge2/index.php - which points to my Apache htdocs folder.
5) Again, the same scripts gave the same errors as they did when accessing the scripts through Tomcat. 
6) Next I compiled my own HelloWorld.java Java example. I did this by running the following command on the HelloWorld.java file.:
    - javac HelloWorld.java
7) Next I compiled the jar file using this command:
    - jar cvf HelloWorld.jar HelloWorld.class
8) I then created the helloworld.php file

<?php
require_once("java/Java.inc");
java_require('http://localhost/HelloWorld.jar');
$myObj = new Java('HelloWorld');
// display Hello World
echo (String) $myObj->getHelloWorld();
?>

9) Next I copied the HelloWorld.java, HelloWorld.class, HelloWorld.jar and helloworld.php files into the webapps/JavaBridge folder on Tomcat, and also to the htdocs/JavaBridge2 folder on Apache. When viewing the following URL's I saw the "Hello World" text in the browser, indicating that it had worked:

www.mydomain.com/JavaBridge/helloworld.php
www.mydomain.com/JavaBridge2/helloworld.php

So does the above indicate that the PHP-Java Bridge is working as it should?? My example works fine when using PHP as an Apache module, or as FastCGI. Which would you recommend using? Does the PHP-Java bridge work better with one rather than the other? 

The most important question is will the way in which I have setup the PHP-Java Bridge provide the correct foundation for my proposed system i.e. will it allow me to achieve the following:

IDMS <-----> JDBC <-----> Java <-----> /BRIDGE/ <-----> PHP <-----> Web??

Sorry for the huge post, i'm still getting my head around the basics.
Once again, any help will be fantastic.

kind regards
Jonathan

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> Hi there,
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> I am configuring a Linux server that will be eventually used as a web server. I am new to Java so some things are not clear to me, so please excuse any incorrect statements that I make.
> 
> The idea is to connect to our IDMS database via JDBC Type 4 drivers from within a Java environment (which is installed on the Linux server), and then collect the data using Java and/or PHP through the PHP-Java Bridge, and then display the data over the web using PHP. 
> 
> I have Apache 2 configured, PHP as an Apache module and also as FastCGI, Apache mod_fastcgi, Tomcat server and the Apache mod_jk connectors.
> 
> We want Apache 2 to handle all web requests and so we are using the mod_jk connectors to do this. i.e. if we want to view a JSP page online we can access it through www.mydomain.com/test.jsp instead of www.mydomain.com:8080/test.jsp.
> 
> Considering our desired setup, how should I use the PHP-Java Bridge? Should I use it as an Apache PHP module, or just deploy it to the J2EE Tomcat server?
> 
> The reason that I installed Tomcat is because I assumed it will create the JDBC connection with our IDMS database and allow PHP and Java to work together. However, I think that this may be incorrect and that all I need is Apache, PHP as an Apache module, the Java environment (SDK 6) to create the JDBC connection, and the PHP-Java Bridge as a PHP module. If we are not serving JSP pages then I can't see any need for Tomcat? Can you confirm that what I suspect is somewhat correct?
> 
> Please advise as I'm quite confused which method to use. Any help will be much appreciated.
> 
> Kind regards
> Jonathan 
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> Subject: Re: [Php-java-bridge-users] Configure bridge as a PHP Apache
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> Hi,
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> whether or not you intent to use JSP, you'll need tomcat anyway; although you can start a Java daemon from PHP (see http://php-java-bridge.sourceforge.net/pjb/examples/source.php?source=startJava.php),    tomcat is much easier to set up and to handle than some Java daemon started from PHP.
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> Regards,
> Jost B?kemeier
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