Re: [Php-java-bridge-users] OSX support

Hi Jon,

> [...]  I assume you are saying by the
> above that I  could no longer simply recompile the 3.2.1 bridge source
> with the  latest PHP source to produce a viable bridge extension to
> PHP, is that right?

Yes.


> Are you speaking from the point of view of someone who is
> trying to  access PHP from Java -or- call Java libraries from PHP? 

Both still work. It's just that the java.so/php_java.dll extension is not necessary anymore (PHP >= 1.4).


> It seemed easy with the old 3.2.1 version of the bridge

It is even easier now that we've scrapped the java extension. Just install a servlet engine or J2EE server on a computer within your intranet and use:

  require_once("http://yourServer:8080/JavaBridge/java/Java.inc");

in your scripts to access it.

If you want to start Java with each PHP script invocation, use the JSR 223 API (Java >= 1.6):

  jrunscript -classpath JavaBridge.jar -l php testScript.php



> 	java_require(3rd party jar files...);
> 	$props = new Java("java.util.Properties");
> 	$props->put("someval","sourcedir");

Yes. Just add a java_require(".../Java.inc") to your script.


Regards,
Jost Boekemeier