Question

I like php, and I’m beginning to like java. I heard that jsp is officially deprecated (on the oracle website) and I’m trying to figure out how I could get data from a php script (from field data, image uploads) send it to my java program and have the results sent back to my php script.

Now I know I could use php for everything but some websites (such as google) use multiple back ends such as C and python.

Answer 1

There are several possibilities to interface PHP and Java. To name a few you coud try:

• Make a Webservice in Java and call this Webservice in PHP.
• Use another RPC protocol, like Thrift.
• There is also the PHP/Java bridge.
• Quercus is a PHP implementation in Java. When using this, you can just write functions in Java and call them from PHP.
• PHP has experimental support for integrating Java.