I need to develop a web application using PHP and the Apache web server. The application should call an external Java-based application which is stored in the host computer and pass the user's input value to this application which will analyse it and do something. I have been reading articles about PHP/Java and it seems that the best solution is to integrate a PHP into a Java servlet environment such as PHP/JavaBridge. As I am not an expert on web development and pretty ignorant on PHP, can someone tell me if this is the best solution and if not, what other possible approaches should I use it? Thanks in advance!
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What kind of application are you trying to call? Is it a command line application written in Java, a web-based Java application, an applet? These types of applications require different methods to call them.jan.vdbergh– jan.vdbergh2011-02-04 12:50:43 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2011 at 12:50
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It's a standard stand-alone application, not web-based...Anto– Anto2011-02-04 13:32:23 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2011 at 13:32
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The application should call an external Java-based application which is stored in the host computer and pass the user's input value to this application which will analyse it and do something.
WebServices are perfectly suited here.
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You could do something like this:
$parameter1='your';
$parameter2='parameters';
$output = shell_exec("java whatever.jar $parameter1 $parameter2");
echo $output;
* Update *
I do agree with Jigar Joshi, though. I think a web service would be the best option here.
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This is actually the answer to the question (thus the +1 vote). As starting the java runtime is quite expensive (for a web request) and results in a high latency, I do agree with the Update that Web services are a better answer to the problem.
You may explose your already existing java application api as web-services (jax-ws or jax-rs) and then use any application to call that. So you can write an web-wrapper around your java-webapp and then call it. First approach it better approach.
