PHP communicating with Java Servlets

Anon

I would like to enable some existing php code to send requests to a java Servlet we are developing. We have done so in the past when the Servlet simply accepted value/name pairs from http post requests, but we are using a system of java objects for communicating requests and sending responses.

Has anyone been able to make PHP construct a java 'serialized' object and send it to any Java App. I have heard this can be done with CORBA, but I have had no luck as yet.

Thanks in advance.

James Manna
Programmer
legion Internet

ame12

James, I would highly recommend using SOAP-style communication (pure HTTP requests inbound to the servlet and XML returned from the servlet).

Firstly, you'll find it much easier to maintain the code on both sides of the communication stream; secondly, any platform can call these servlets and get useful results back (e.g., Perl, a mainframe, whatever).

We're using this approach in several big companies and it has been highly successful because it is language- and platform-independent. Just my 2c.

Dave

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Anon

Try working it out for yourself num-nuts

Anon

In our architecture we have the servlets running on BEA Weblogic. How are you returning the response from the servlet. GET is easy enough but too limited. forward() doesn't work because it is only in the servlet context. So, has anyone gotten a successful post from servlet to PHP. Seems like Java has been pretty limited in POSTing a request outside its own context.

Thanks

Anon

Hey Arnold,

Your a dick head. The forum is hear for people to help one another and share information. @!#$.

my2c

pete