PHP-Java Bridge

Installing the Bridge

For a basic setup, it is easiest to deploy the PHP-Java Bridge with a standalone backend.

Linux

• The standalone Bridge can be installed with rpm.

$ rpm -i php-java-bridge-standalone-3.0.7-1.noarch.rpm 

Windows

• Extract the JavaBridge archive, and then extract JavaBridge.war.
• Copy WEB-INF/lib to your PHP extensions directory (e.g. c:\php\ext) and then copy WEB-INF/cgi/java-x86-windows.dll to your PHP extensions directory. (Note that even though we're using PHP 5, we're NOT using the alternative php-5.0-java-x86-windows.dll!)
• Rename the dll to php_java.dll     

  Configuring PHP to run the Bridge

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  Linux

  Find your php.ini file and open it in a text editor. Add the following lines, using appropriate directory names as apply to you.
  

  extension_dir = "/usr/lib/php/modules"
  
  extension=java.so
  
  [java]
  java.java_home = "/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06"
  java.java      = "/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin/java"
  java.log_level = 2
  java.log_file  = "/var/www/log/java-bridge.log"
  

  Restart Apache to load the new PHP configuration.
  
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  Windows

  Find your php.ini file and open it in a text editor. Add the following lines, using appropriate directory names as apply to you.
  

  extension_dir = "C:\php\ext"
  
  extension=php_java.dll
  
  [java]
  java.java        = "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_08\jre\bin\javaw"
  java.java_home   = "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_08"
  java.log_level = 2
  java.log_file  = "C:\php\log\java-bridge.log"
  

  Restart Apache to load the new PHP configuration.
  
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  Confirming Your Installation

  Open phpinfo.php (included with the UI) in your browser. You should find a "java" section which notes that "java support" is "enabled" and that "java status" is "running".