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Last updated: Sat, 19 Apr 2003

XLVII. Java

Es gibt zwei Wege, um die Welten von Java und PHP zu verbinden. Einerseits besteht die M�glichkeit PHP in eine Java Servlet Umgebung zu integrieren, andererseits kann man mit der Java Extension aus PHP heraus auf Java Klassen zugreifen. Die erste der beiden genannten M�glichkeit ist wesentlich stabiler und performanter als die zweitgenannte L�sung.

Die Java Erweiterung f�r PHP nutzt das Object Overloading von PHP 4 um auf Java Klassen zuzugreifen. Die Java Virtual Machine (JVM) wird hierbei �ber das Java Native Interface (JNI) erzeugt. Eine detaillierte Installationsbeschreibung entnehmen Sie bitte der Datei php4/ext/java/README.

Beispiel 1. Zugriff auf Java Klassen aus PHP heraus

<?php
  // In PHP Instanz der Java Klasse java.lang.System erzeugen
  $system = new Java('java.lang.System');

  // Zugriff auf die Objekteigenschaften
  print 'Java version='.$system->getProperty('java.version').' <br>';
  print 'Java vendor=' .$system->getProperty('java.vendor').'  <br>';
  print 'OS='.$system->getProperty('os.name').' '.
              $system->getProperty('os.version').' on '.
              $system->getProperty('os.arch').' <br>';

  // java.util.Date Beispiel
  $formatter = new Java('java.text.SimpleDateFormat',
                        "EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy 'at' h:mm:ss a zzzz");

  print $formatter->format(new Java('java.util.Date'));
?>

Beispiel 2. Zugriff auf Java AWT aus PHP heraus

<?php
  // Dieses Beispiel kann nur als CGI ausgef�hrt werden.

  $frame  = new Java('java.awt.Frame', 'PHP');
  $button = new Java('java.awt.Button', 'Hallo Java Welt!');

  $frame->add('North', $button);
  $frame->validate();
  $frame->pack();
  $frame->visible = True;

  $thread = new Java('java.lang.Thread');
  $thread->sleep(10000);

  $frame->dispose();
?>
Notes:

  • new Java() erzeugt eine Instanz der angegebenen Java Klasse, falls ein geeigneter Konstruktur gefunden wird. F�r den Zugriff auf Klassen mit statischen Methoden ben�tigt man keinen Parameter.

  • Beim Zugriff auf Mitglieder (Members) einer Instanz wird zun�chst nach Bean Eigenschaften gesucht, danach erst nach �ffentlichen (public) Eigenschaften. Mit anderen Worten: Es wird zuerst versucht werden, zum Beispiel print $date.time als $date.getTime() zu interpretieren, danach erst wird $date.time versucht werden.

  • Der Zugriff auf statische und Instanzeigenschaften erfolgt mit der selben Syntax.

  • Das Ausl�sen einer Java Exception resultiert in einer PHP Warnung und einem NULL Ergebnis. Folgende Funktionen erm�glichen den Zugriff auf die eigentlichen Exceptions:

  • Traditionell k�nnen Arrays und Hashes in PHP weitestgehend als gleichwertig angesehen werden. Beim Austausch dieser Datentypen zwischen PHP und Java ist zu beachten, dass Hashes in PHP nur mit Integer- und Stringwerten indiziert werden k�nnen und Arrays von primitiven Datentypen in Java nicht d�nn besetzt sein d�rfen. Ferner ist zu beachten, dass diese Datenstrukturen by-Value �bergeben werden, was ung�nstig in Bezug auf Speicher- und Zeitbedarf sein kann.

Das PHP 4 Servlet SAPI Modul baut auf dem von der Java Extension zur Verf�gung gestellten Mechanismus auf, allerdings wird der PHP Prozessor hierbei von einer Servlet Engine, wie zum Beispiel Apache Jakarta / Tomcat, ausgef�hrt. Dies f�hrt zu einer wesentlich h�heren Stabilit�t und besserer Performance als der umgekehrte Weg, wie in die Java Extension an sich anbietet. Dies kommt daher, dass die Servlet Engine sich um das Pooling und die Wiederverwendung von Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) k�mmert. Eine detaillierte Anleitung zur Integration von PHP in eine Servlet Engine entnehmen Sie bitte der Datei php4/sapi/README. Bemerkungen:

  • Das Servlet SAPI Modul sollte zwar auf jeder Java Servlet Engine funktionieren, wurde aber bislang nur in Verbindung mit Apache Jakarta/Tomcat getestet. Meldungen von Problem - aber auch von Erfolgserlebnissen - bei der Verendung mit anderen Servlet Engines werden dankbar aufgenommen.

  • PHP hat die Angewohnheit das aktuelle Arbeitsverzeichnis (CWD) zu �ndern. sapi/servlet wird versuchen, den alten Zustand wieder herzustellen. W�hrend PHP l�uft kann es sein, dass die Servlet Engine kann Klassen aus dem CLASSPATH finden kann, die �ber relative Pfade angesprochen werden.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
java_last_exception_clear -- Letzte Java Exception freigeben
java_last_exception_get -- Letzte Java Exception holen


User Contributed Notes
Java
add a note
09-Oct-2001 05:16
Yes, in fact it works perfect.
You'll have to have the JDK installed, PHP Java extension compiled (--with-java), and the apropriate [Java] section settings in your php.ini first though.

It seems like the majority of problems that users report about this on unix/linux platforms has to do with getting those php.ini settings right, since they vary depending on what brand of JRE you use.

Suggest searching the web for "PHP Java integration php.ini" for more info.

emilebosch at hotmail dot com
18-Oct-2001 08:19

Hey ppl,
i got this link for a friend, you can get more information on the PHP and JAVA topic here :-)



Warm regards,
Emile Bosch

ard(at)ard dot nu at remove dot thispart
18-Nov-2001 07:26

If you get the 'Couldn't create Virtual Machine' error without any further explanation, you could try and add the following setting to Apache's environment.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/jre/lib/i386/classic:/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/jre/lib/i386

(Running Debian 2.2 / Apache 1.3.19 / PHP 4.0.6 / Blackdown JDK 1.3.1)

Magnus_Naeslund at nowhere dot to dot be dot found
25-Dec-2001 04:52

An _very_ important thing here is to remember that the apache must be linked with pthreads (do "LDFLAGS=-lpthread ./configure <options>", or like me, add it the the .spec file).
You can check if your apache is pthreaded with "ldd $(which httpd)" if you like.
I experianced a lot of hangs/errors due to this problem, it's a shame that it's not in the docs / README (i didn't find it).

Magnus

ywliu at _spam_me_not_ dot hotmail dot com
08-Jan-2002 10:41

Hi all,
After struggling for some time and referring to numerous confusing articles , I finally came up with a working Java section in php.ini, for Linux (RedHat 6.2) with Apache 1.3.22 and Sun JDK 1.3.1.

[Java]
java.class.path=/usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar:/home/sinanet/www
java.home = /usr/java
java.library=libjava.so
extension_dir=/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20010901
extension=libphp_java.so

Please substitute your document root for /home/sinanet/www , and your extension_dir (it varies from version to version ) to libphp_java.so for extension_dir here.

I have tried this configuration with php 4.0.6, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1. It works pretty well. And I think this may save some of your time to look for a working [Java] section.

Yen-Wei Liu

11-Jan-2002 05:25
About the java configuration in php.ini, setting java.library to the location of libjava.so, doesn't work for me. It only works when I set it to the location of libjvm.so. I hope this helps.

Xavier

24-Jan-2002 01:13
I agree Xavier.
My php.ini settings is:
[java]
java.class.path = /usr/local/etc/php4/ext/java/php_java.jar
java.home = /usr/local/jdk1.3.1_02
java.library = /usr/local/jdk1.3.1_02/jre/lib/i386/hotspot/libjvm.so
extension_dir = /usr/local/etc/php4/modules
extension = libphp_java.so

When I set java.library=libjava.so and java.library.path, it doesn't work. Maybe this will help the later.
BTW.
I found the PHP4.1.0 and PHP4.1.1 cann't generate libphp_java.so, if it happen to you, you can use PHP4.0.6.

Jonathan

fernando at lozano dot eti dot br
24-Jan-2002 10:20

I managed to get it working with IBM Java SDK 1.3.0 but it was not easy. Here's my php.init:

[Java]
extension = libphp_java.so
java.library.path = /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20010901
java.class.path = /usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar
java.home = /opt/IBMJava2-13
java.library = /opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin/classic/libjvm.so

Besides, I had to edit the httpd init.d script to include the statement:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin:\
/opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin/classic

I guess java.library.path should serve for this, but it didn't worked.

punjabimale at rediffmail dot com
25-Jan-2002 10:09

But php 4.1.1 isn't creating any libphp_java.so file even after using --with-java=/usr/java/j2sdk1.40 option.
/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/bin is in path.

ywliu at _spam_me_not_ dot hotmail dot com
30-Jan-2002 06:13

Hello,

There are two more useful links on phpbuilder.com in the PHP&JAVA discussion. They are related to the PHP and Java integration on Unix/Linux.

My settings (see above) is like that in the 1st link.




Moreover, I have the path to java in my PATH env. variable, so MAYBE its why my libjava.so works.  I couldn't find the origin of libjava.so, but now looks there are libjava.so and libjvm.so two options.

I built my php from the source package, and libphp_java.so does exist, at least on my RH6.2 with Apache 1.3.19 and Sun JDK 1.3.1.  libphp_java.so should be found under php-4.1.1/ext/java/.libs .

If you want to find some more discussion about PHP & Java integration, you may try www.phpbuilder.com and look for php&java. It's a good place to start with.

Yen-Wei Liu

christian at wenz dot org
08-Feb-2002 11:36

JDK1.4 RC is out, here are my Windows settings that make the Java extension work:

extension=php_java.dll
[Java]
java.class.path = c:\php\java\php_java.jar
java.home = d:\jdk1.4\jre
java.library = d:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll

I have not tested (yet) whether installing just the JRE works; for servlet support w/ Tomcat you do need JDK since Tomcat needs tools.jar that is not part of JRE.

not_contactable at yahoo dot com
03-Mar-2002 06:16

Installation of PHP's Java module under Win32(Apache/IIS).

I install php in "C:\php", firstly I install with "php-4.1.1-installer.exe"(from ), and then unzip the "php-4.1.1-Win32.zip"(from ) to the C:\PHP.(because all the extension dll files are from this zip file, including php_java.dll)

I also install my Java v1.3 in "C:\jdk1.3"

And My Program require JDBC connection of the Java Program, so I did install also the JDBC driver for MySQL in "c:\JDBC4mysql\mm.mysql.jdbc-1.2c"(from ).

About the PHP.ini:
1> You need to set the extension_dir="c:\php\extensions"(directory of all the extensions dll files)

2> Add those lines at the end of php.ini
======
[Java]
extension=php_java.dll
java.class.path="c:\php\java\php_java.jar;c:\wwwroot; c:\JDBC4mysql\mm.mysql.jdbc-1.2c"
java.home="c:\jdk1.3\bin"
java.library="c:\jdk1.3\jre\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll"
java.library.path="c:\php\extensions"
======

* extension: it is the DLL you wish to load in, here we want to load the java module.
* java.class.path: By default, you need to include the "C:\php\java\php_java.jar" for Java & PHP connection, AND those directories that contain the Java class files you wish to run. Here, my program Java classes are in "c:\wwwroot\", and ALSO the JDBC driver classes in "c:\JDBC4mysql\mm.mysql.jdbc-1.2c", because my Program need to import it.
* java.home: the bin directory (directory of java.exe)
* java.library: jvm.dll is supposed to be under JDK's jre\bin\hotspot, but sometimes it doesn't, try to Find(Start->Find) jvm.dll where it is.
* java.library.path: which is the same as the extensions directory.

venuti at sissa dot it
04-Mar-2002 01:23

Invoking java servlet from PHP.
This might look silly, but I found many people on the net asking how to invoke a java servlet from php. Read these notes:

(look for the message about servlets).
Basically, it's like calling any other URL, so you can use the "file" function. Read also the online documentation about "file".
This solution is much easier than many others I have found around the net.

venuti at sissa dot it
13-Mar-2002 07:03

Again about how to call java servlets from php...
the above method I described works as long as you don't need to send long strings as parameters and this because they are sent via GET method that cannot handle long strings. So you need to send the parameters via POST, which is not straightforward at all! Infact, you need to open a socket and write php code that sends the call to the servlet as if it came from a form with post method.
Look at this url for more information:

flu at SLAMTHESPAMthelinuxpimp dot com
29-Mar-2002 12:23

I have written a tutorial on compiling PHP with Java support, under Linux. You can find it at www.thelinuxpimp.com:

hbnt at team-f dot net
15-Apr-2002 07:53

If you get the 'Couldn't create Virtual Machine' error, update your php to version 4.1.1  (or greater) and the problem will be fixed.
svzn at km dot ru
22-Apr-2002 03:55

Answer to message from
[email protected]
13-Feb-2002 12:26
"Java/php bridge? I used printwriter ... "
Solution looks like
out.write("var1="+URLEncoder.encode(var1));
out.write("&var2="+URLEncoder.encode(var2));
out.write("&var3="+URLEncoder.encode(var3));

etc.

gturner at newedgenetworks dot com
30-May-2002 08:20

Hello!  I have two tips about getting PHP Java to work, hopefully google will pick this up...

After you've followed the instructions (building PHP with Java enabled and hacking php.ini) and you get a message like:

 Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: java in (file) on line (line)

That means PHP doesn't know what the 'Java' function is.  You can confirm that the Java extension isn't loaded by looking at 'phpinfo' and verifying that there is no section titled Java.   To fix this you need to edit php.ini and set the 'extensions_dir' and an 'extension' appropriately.  On our system it was 'extension_dir = /opt/php/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429' and an 'extension = java.so'.  All the documentation I found said the extension library should be called 'php_java.so', but our build produced 'java.so', I have no idea why, YMMV.

The next error message I ran into was:

 Fatal error: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no php_java in java.library.path in (file) on line (line)

Yay! this confirms that the JVM is indeed loading (UnsatisfiedLinkError is totally on the Java side), so relax, you're almost done!  What's happening is that the Java class 'net.php.reflect' (a class in php_java.jar that is built by PHP) is trying to execute 'System.loadLibrary("php_java")' and the JVM is unable to find the file named 'libphp_java.so' (or maybe 'php_java.dll' on Windows?).  If you ever heard of LD_LIBRARY_PATH, java.library.path is the same thing.  The solution has two parts: First making sure the php.ini has a 'java.library.path' (in the '[java]' section) that's pointed at the same directory that 'extension_dir', specifically the directory containing the file 'java.so' (or maybe 'php_java.so' like everyone else).  Second, this part is bad IMHO, making a symbolic link from the ''java.so' file to 'libphp_java.so' so that Java's System.loadLibrary method can find what it's looking for (apparently Java prefixes the filename it looks for with "lib").  To make this symbolic link do 'cd' into the extensions directory and run 'ln -s java.so libphp_java.so'.

Hope somebody finds this useful!

turman at dont-spam-me dot com
09-Jun-2002 10:16

With latest PHP releases (4.2.1), compilation process doesn't produce a valid name for the Java extension library: I have to rename it to libphp_java.so in order to use it (initial name was java.so).

And on my Debian box, I have to add the following lines in my apache init.d script:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386
\:/usr/local/java/jre/lib/i386/classic/

It's tricky but now it works well..

amtd at 163 dot net
11-Jun-2002 10:45

--php.ini-------------------------

[Java]
java.class.path = .\extensions\php_java.jar
java.home = c:\java
java.library = C:\java\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
java.library.path = c:\apache\php\extensions

--system---------------------------

Windows 2000 P + Apache + SUN jdk 1.4.0-beta3

--app path---------------------------

java(C:\java)
Apache(C:\apache)
PHP(C:\apache\php)

-----------------------------

success!

alexg at syspro dot co dot za
28-Aug-2002 06:50

According to an Article posted at:



there might be some problems with getting php and jdk-1.4 to work toghether.. I`ve tried (php-4.2.2 and jdk-4.1) with no success....

aruntheking at hotmail dot com
19-Sep-2002 03:55

Installing PHP 4.2.3 on Red Hat Linux7.2
with Java Support-Arunoday
-------------------------------

PHP as CGI module
------------------

1. Download PHP from www.php.net
2. Copy the file in the folder you want to have it installed like
/usr/local
3. Unpack the file using the following commands
gunzip php-4.2.3.tar.gz
tar xvf php-4.2.3.ta
This will create a directory php-4.2.3.
4. cd into the above mentioned directory and type
./configure --with-java=<java directory>
You can add more options with
configure.
For a full list of options type ./configure --help | more
 
5. If configure doesn't through any error then type make
6. To test make you can type make test
7. To complete the installation type make install
In all probability the actual binary that this will create
by the name php will be in
the /usr/local/bin directory.
This file should then be copied to your
cgi-bin directory[the webservers cgi-bin]

in my system i issued the following command
cd /usr/local/bin/php /var/www/cgi-bin/php.cgi

8. Modify the php.ini with the following lines

[java]
java.class.path=/usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar
java.library.path=/usr/local/lib/php
/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429
java.home=/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02
java.library=java.so
extensions_dir=/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429
extension=java.so

in all probability the php.ini file will be
in the php4.2.3/pear/tests directory
- u will need to copy it to the
/usr/local/lib directory and add the above lines

You will also need to cd into the directory specified in java.library.path
above and type the following
ln -s java.so libphp_java.so
This will make a symbolic link to java.so file through libphp_java.so.

A call to any of your PHP file will have to be like the following:
>/cgi-bin/php.cgi?<yourfilename>.php

PHP as Dynamic Shared Object
----------------------------
Retrieve PHP binary as mentioned above.
The configiration process will be different and will be as follows:
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
--with-java=/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02 --with postgresql

postgresql is optional - u can leave it out if you donot want to use it.
apxs is required as it gives the directive to configure php as a dynamic shared object with Apache.
Advantage, it runs in the same memory space as Apache
and hence accessing of data is faster.
Apart from this there is no need to call the php interpreter (php.cgi) with every call to a PHP file.

Add the following lines in the php.ini file - it should be in /usr/local/lib

[Java]
java.class.path=/usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar
:/usr/share/pgsql/jdbc7.1-1.2.jar:/var/www/html
java.home=/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02
java.library=/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so
extension_dir=/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429
extension=java.so

You will also need to cd into the directory specified in java.library.path
above and type the following
ln -s java.so libphp_java.so
This will make a symbolic link to java.so file through libphp_java.so.

Note: the jdbc7.1-1.2.jar file mentioned in java.class.path
is the JDBC part for Postgresql.

pablo-at-godel.com.ar
30-Sep-2002 09:22

For those using Redhat 7.x and Sun JDK, you have to set in LD_LIBRARY_PATH the directory where libjava.so .

In my case it looks like:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386:\
/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386/server

This solved my problem with libjava.so not finding libverify.so

Hopes this helps to save some time for others.. I spent a lot of time before figuring this one out...

angel at wedoit4you dot com
06-Oct-2002 06:34

How is the RMI support?
I believe interesting things could be done
using Java Applications with PHP Sites, invoking
services from the Java Applications, and invoking
methods from the PHP Web Server on the Java Client.

aruntheking at hotmail dot com
09-Oct-2002 10:40

Something that i missed out in my above mentioned earlier note on the same
topic, Thanks to Pablo for reminding me the same

Important
-------------

After you have completed the above mentioned steps, open the httpd file in /etc/init.d and type the following lines

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386
:\/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386/server

else you will get an error stating libverify.so not found

Another process
---------------

Before compiling PHP complete the following steps:
edit your /etc/ld.so.conf file by adding the following two lines:

/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386
/usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386/server

To make this change effect, type the following at the command prompt:

ldconfig

Now "cd" into /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.0_02/jre/lib/i386 directory and enter the following command:

ldd libjava.so

The response that you get back shouldn't contain any "not found" error messages. If you get any then you can add the path for

the "not found" file to /etc/ld.so.conf and redo the above mentioned steps till you don't get any error messages.

Now you can compile PHP in the process mentioned above and follow the rest of the steps.

mike [at] blamires (dot) co (dot) uk
06-Nov-2002 11:45

For win32 users: I spent some time wondering why the php session couln't find my classes/packages saved in my own custom classpath. even though the correct paths were specified in java.class.path. The reasons was as simple as double quotes. e.g.

java.class.path = c:\php\extensions\php_java.jar; c:\java\packages\  - incorrect, the packages & classes in c:\java\packages will not be found

java.class.path = "c:\php\extensions\php_java.jar;c:\java\packages\" - will find all your classes and packages in c:\java\packages

Thanks to PHP for another stunning feature.
Mike

joey at creativejuices dot ws
11-Dec-2002 11:27

***  Win32 Users & Using Command-line Interface ***

First of all, this is AWESOME!!!!  I think PHP just took a huge leap forward with this capability!

Here is what you need:

In the Php.in file:

;Windows Extensions
extension=php_java.dll

[Java]
java.class.path = "C:\php\java\php_java.jar"
java.home = "C:\J2SDK_Forte\jdk1.4.0\jre"
java.library = "C:\J2SDK_Forte\jdk1.4.0\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll"
java.library.path = "C:\php\extensions"

**** Don't forget the double-quotes in the values ! ****

Next, add the file type association for Windows 2000.

1) open Windows Explorer
2) Click the Tool Menu Item
3) Select "Folder Options"
4) Select "File Types" tab
5) Select "New"
6) Type in your file extension for php scripts, I suggest ".phx" without the double-quotes
7) Click "Ok"
8) Find that extension in the "File Types" list again.  You may have to back out and come back in to find it.  
9) Once you found that newly added php extension, select the "Advanced" button.  You can change the Icon here, but what you want to do is click the "New" button next to the "Actions" area.
10) For the "Action" value enter the value "open" without the quotes.
11) For the "Action used to perform this action:" value enter the value "C:\php\php-cli.exe -c C:\WINNT %1" without the quotes.

Lastly, add c:\php to you PATH Environment variable on your computer.

That should do it.  You can test it by creating a test.phx file and open a cmd (DOS) window and cd into that directory(eg. c:\junk) and just execute your test file like this: c:\junk test.phx

This should return you your results as expected.  If you don't know much about the php-cli.exe (cli = Command-Line Interface) go here .

I used the person's example at the top of this page and it worked.

Now, if I can just figure out how to call my own custom classes that have their own packages.

jason at buildernaut dot com
19-Dec-2002 01:28

ON Linux / Apache --with-apxs
Page cannot be displayed - Apache crapping out.
I spent a great deal of time getting this to work - but hey - I'm a newbie.  
One thing I did find was that I experienced an error I have not seen on this board or anywhere else in searches.  
If you try to run a test java .php page and you get a page cannot be displayed error, try adding the follwing to your apache startup script

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/jre/lib/i386/server
:/usr/lib/j2sdk1.3/jre/lib/i386

And of course change to paths that mean something to you.

neil at lowden dot net
03-Jan-2003 08:41

** Success with W2K Server, PHP 4.3.0 as IIS5 SAPI module and J2SDK1.4.1_01 **

After a bunch of annoyingly spurious "access violation" and "Unable to create Java Virtual Machine" errors
I changed the php.ini setting for java.library from:

"C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll"

to:

"C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"

All above examples now work perfectly incuding my own classes and those at
(thanks to emilebosch above on 18-Oct-2001 07:19).

I'd really like to know the difference between 'client' and 'server' JVM versions if anyone can illuminate us.

Notes:

1. Manual install of PHP 4.3.0 to C:\php with the following relevant extracts from php.ini:

extension=php_java.dll
[Java]
java.class.path = "C:\php\extensions\php_java.jar;C:\java\packages\"
java.home = "C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\bin"
java.library = "C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
java.library.path = "C:\php\extensions"

2. Default installation of latest Java SDK from Sun

3. Win2K Server SP2 with all(?) patches

4. My own classes are placed in C:\java\packages\

Hope this helps some people.

Regards

-Neil

raggha at hotmail dot com
13-Jan-2003 09:45

Just wanted to make available the solution I found posted on

 

to solve the typical "Fatal error: Unable to Create Java Virtual Machine" trouble for Win32 users (thanks buddy):

[12 Dec 2002 9:19am] [email protected]
Hi there,

I'm confirming C�dric's knowledge - java is running correctly from within PHP on Apache only when PHP is running as a CGI and not as a SAPI module. When running PHP as Apache SAPI Module after the restart Apache only fist access to php page using java is running OK, all next reloads of this page caused "Fatal error: Unable to create Java Virtual Machine
in ..." I think this could be still not solved bug.

Thanks
Alberto

BTW I'm running on:
OS:Win2000 Server SP2
Apache:1.3.27
PHP Version 4.3.0-dev (Build Date  Dec 12 2002 10:14:28)
Java version=1.4.1_01
Java vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.

becki at web dot de
30-Jan-2003 04:26

My solution for Suse 7.3, Sun Java 1.4.0 with PHP 4.3.0 as Command Line Interface (CLI) and dynamic Apache module (DSO):

1. Make sure, that Php is compiled --with-apxs and --with-java.
If you dont know that, phpinfo() or "php -i" helps.

2. Edit usr/local/lib/php.ini :
[Java]
java.class.path= /usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar
java.home= /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/jre
extension_dir= /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429
extension= java.so

3. Create Symlink:
cd /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429
ln -s java.so libphp_java.so

4. Edit /etc/init.d/apache :
Find the line:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=some/path
and modify it to:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=some/path:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/jre/lib/i386:/usr/
java/j2sdk1.4.0/jre/lib/i386/server
And now restart apache with "rcapache restart"

Of course You have to adjust all pathnames to your needs!
Thanks to aruntheking at hotmail dot com and turman at dont-spam-me dot com. 'Hope this is helpful for sombody else.

mikezivin at yahoo dot com
23-Feb-2003 12:42

You MUST put double quotes around your java.class.path or else you will get a "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException" in PHP.
malachi at eoti dot org
04-Mar-2003 10:12

JDK 1.4.1, Apache 2.0.43, PHP 4.3.1, WinXP:

I pretty quickly got the first example on this page working. I
was trying for quite some time to get the second one working
before I realized it would run from the Command-Line, but not
from the browser.  However, the first example does work fine
with JDK1.4...

extension_dir = C:\PHP\extensions\

extension=php_java.dll

[Java]
java.class.path = "c:\java\j2sdk1.4.1\lib\tools.jar;
    C:\php\extensions\php_java.jar;
    C:\twsrc\products\java\jars\TWCommon.jar;
    C:\twsrc\products\java\jars\jdom.jar"
java.home = "C:\java\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre"
java.library = "C:\java\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
java.library.path = "C:\PHP\extensions"

polrtex at yahoo dot com
13-Mar-2003 05:52

For setting up php and java on Windows it is important to remeber to add the quotation marks around the variables in php.ini, although you might not be using spaces in the directory names.
The default examples in php.ini do not include quotes. I am running php 4.2.2 and w2k.

java.class.path= "D:\Inetpub\scripts\php-4.2.2\extensions\php_java.jar;"
java.home= "d:\jdk1.4"
java.library= "d:\jdk1.4\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll"
java.library.path= "D:\Inetpub\scripts\php-4.2.2\extensions"

The same options without the quotes generate various errors : couldn't find the class I am trying to instantiate, or couldn't start the JVM.

kemccarthy_00 at yahoo dot com
16-Apr-2003 06:10

Installing J2sdk and php --with-java on a Linux RedHat 8 machine was easy but figuring out how to configure the php.ini was the hard part; each place we looked (docs,m boards,here) had a different configuration.
Distilling everything we've seen and using trial and error we found the following to work. Since we have several Apache 1.3.27 servers running with PHP 4.3.1 on the machine as a DSO on each, we added:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
/usr/java/j2sdkversion/jre/lib/i386:
/usr/java/j2sdkversion/jre/lib/i386/server
in the apachectl script each specific to the servers we wanted to integrate.
Our /etc/init.d/apache script starts and stops all the servers and we want to be able to start/stop one or another separately as well.

In the php.ini file we added
[Java]
java.class.path=/usr/local/lib/php/php_java.jar
java.home=/usr/java
extension_dir=/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429
extension=java.so

The library and library path is found from the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var; indeed being explicit about them in the php.ini causes calls to new Java() to fail.

francois dot turi at globecast dot com
02-May-2003 01:57

as stated in Bug #19937 dynamic extension loading fails

the construction of extension on Aix is buggy.
After a week research I found the following fix:

The following patch should fix problem of loading extension under AIX
4.3.3 like the java extension.

Under AIX, shared object are different from shared library.
The default library construction (as in the construction of
the JAVA extension) doesnt work correctly as it relies on dynamic
linking from a library when only a shared object is given.
An exception appear as illegal instruction.

The following configuration are missing:

First of all:
=============
one should construct correctly the export definition of libphp4.so.
In configure the following line should be changed:

********************************
diff configure configure.orig (sorry no -b available under AIX)
78084,78086c78084
< # FTU export_symbols_cmds='$NM $libobjs $convenience |
$global_symbol_pipe | sed '\''s/.* //'\'' | sort | uniq >
$export_symbols'
< export_symbols_cmds='$NM $libobjs $convenience | $global_symbol_pipe |
sed '\''s/.* //'\'' | sort | uniq|awk -vlib=$SOHOME/$soname
'\''BEGIN{printf "#!%s\n",lib}{print \$0}'\'' > $export_symbols'
< echo "FTU export_symbols_cmds=$export_symbols_cmds"
---
> export_symbols_cmds='$NM $libobjs $convenience | $global_symbol_pipe |
sed '\''s/.* //'\'' | sort | uniq > $export_symbols'
***************************

I added awk -vlib=$SOHOME/$soname
'\''BEGIN{printf "#!%s\n",lib}{print \$0}'\''
To the pipe so the first line will be read as:
#!/your/path/to/your/libphp4.so

And the rest is identical.
Before compiling your library you should setup the SOHOME variable as
the path where your shared object (libphp4.so.0) will be running:

************
export SOHOME=/s00/opendata/build/SSOD/php.430/current
************

Second important point:
========================
Refer the export file of php shared object in the construction of the
java extension:
When compiling the JAVA extension you have to setup the following
environement VARIABLE

*****************
export JAVA_SHARED_LIBADD="-Wl,-bI:.libs/libphp4.exp"
*****************

That line state that in the linking process (ld), the java extension
will use the libphp4.exp file to find undefined function or global
variable. By defaut such function will be resolve as running time.
On AIX such binding doesnt work because the libphp4.so is not a shared
library (doesnt appear in the genmkd listing) but a share object.
You have to specify the full path to your share object while linking it
to make him resolve correctly the reference to the Zend API.

Nota: the default exemple given to make an extension doesnt have that
problem because it doesnt call any Zend API function stored in the
libphp4.so.

External reference:
The followings redbooks explain the subtle difference between share
objects and shared library under AIX:
Understanding C and C++ development on AIX
chapter 3 Compiling and Linking

original


latest draft (for 5.L)


Last point:
===========
The extension java should be rename after construction to

cp -p  libjava.so.0  libphp_java.so

to work correctly.

About libtool:
==============

The first line in configure change the libtool which is in charge of
creating the dynamic library. I cannot figure out if the bug is a php
bug or a libtool bug.

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