Run a php app using tomcat?

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Is it possible to run a PHP app using tomcat?

Before you tell me to just use httpd, I already have a Java application running on my webserver at host/myapp. Now I want to install RoundCube at host/roundcube.

One is PHP and one is Java. I keep seeing offhand references saying this is possible but no real instructions. I do not want to put them on separate ports, I need the standard HTTP and HTTPS ports.

Does anyone have any resources for this?

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8 Answers

It's quite common to run Tomcat behind Apache. In Apache you can then direct certain URLs to Tomcat, and have Apache/PHP handle the others (including the static images).

(On Unix, Tomcat itself cannot securely made to run on port 80, while Apache can. Tomcat, being a Java process, would be required to run as root, while Apache will switch to non-root privileges as soon as port 80 has been claimed. So, running Apache on port 80 and have it redirect some or all requests to Tomcat, is quite common on Unix.)

user_842370

Caucho Quercus can run PHP code on the jvm.

user_208360

There this PHP/Java bridge. This is basically running PHP via FastCGI. I have not used it myself.

Will_136630

A tad late, but here goes.

How about http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/UsingPhp if you just want to run the real php on tomcat.

Concerning running tomcat on port 80 there's always jsvc, just google jsvc + tomcat.

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  1. Make sure you have php installed on your server
  2. Find the latest release of php-java-bridge off of sourceforge
  3. From the exploded directory on Sourceforge, download php-servlet.jar and JavaBridge.jar
  4. Place those jar files into webapp/WEB-INF/lib folder of your project
  5. Edit webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml to look like:

ok

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app>
   <filter>
      <filter-name>PhpCGIFilter</filter-name>
      <filter-class>php.java.servlet.PhpCGIFilter</filter-class>
   </filter>
   <filter-mapping>
      <filter-name>PhpCGIFilter</filter-name>
      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
   </filter-mapping>
   <!-- the following adds the JSR223 listener. Remove it if you don't want to use the JSR223 API -->
   <listener>
      <listener-class>php.java.servlet.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
   </listener>
   <!-- the back end for external (console, Apache/IIS-) PHP scripts; remove it if you don't need this -->
   <servlet>
      <servlet-name>PhpJavaServlet</servlet-name>
      <servlet-class>php.java.servlet.PhpJavaServlet</servlet-class>
   </servlet>
   <!-- runs PHP scripts in this web app; remove it if you don't need this -->
   <servlet>
      <servlet-name>PhpCGIServlet</servlet-name>
      <servlet-class>php.java.servlet.fastcgi.FastCGIServlet</servlet-class>
      <load-on-startup>0</load-on-startup>
   </servlet>
   <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>PhpJavaServlet</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>*.phpjavabridge</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
   <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>PhpCGIServlet</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>*.php</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

You may have other content inside this file, just make sure you have added everything between the web-app tag.

  1. Add your php files to the webapp directory

You can do other special things with this as well. You cal learn more about it here: http://php-java-bridge.sourceforge.net/pjb/how_it_works.php

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