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

Hi there,

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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