PHP an Java

[Anon]

hi friends,
I am planning to use java and php for a application..did any one much explore about using either of them and please let me know if some one had worked on this.

By the way is there any way of creating graphics using PHP with numerical input eg: a graph in 360 degrees.I have no idea wether there is any class pertaining to graphics in PHP, using graphics in PHP..if at all this is possible please some one give me a small e.g and any site having data relevant to this particular topic.

Thanks in advance

Regards
s.r.k.reddy

[dannys]

How about RTFM!!!! There is an official manual which mirrored across the globe (www.php.net, in case you hadn't worked it out)

[Anon]

I have heard that you can use phpsrvlt.jar in your servlet server. This is the way I am planning on doing. Basically it just uses JNI to make calls into the PHP api. I want to use EJB (JBoss 🙂) and PHP as my display language.

Let me know if you have any luck with it.

[smarlowe]

PHP is a scripting language parading as a "real language" while JSP is a real language, but often overkill for simple web page delivery.

Personally, I prefer to put business rules and such in a database, and use PHP to pull out the data and display it nicely, munge it a bit, and put it back in, while relying on the database to make sure it's all coherent data.

Yes, PHP can do the graphics thing quite well, via the gd library, which lets you build png/jpeg images and toss them on the screen. PHP doesn't have the huge amount of pre-made classes java has, but it's built in functions are very easy to use, and quite expansive. Take a look at all the things it can do by reading the docs at www.php.net