Run a php app using tomcat?

Question

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?

Answer 1

Yes it is Possible Will Den. we can run PHP code in tomcat server using it's own port number localhost:8080

here I'm writing some step which is so much useful for you.

How to install or run PHP on Tomcat 6 in windows

1. download and unzip PHP 5 to a directory, c:\php-5.2.6-Win32 - php-5.2.9-2-Win32.zip Download

2. download PECL 5.2.5 Win32 binaries - PECL 5.2.5 Win32 Download

3. rename php.ini-dist to php.ini in c:\php-5.2.6-Win32

4. Uncomment or add the line (remove semi-colon at the beginning) in php.ini: ;extension=php_java.dll

5. copy php5servlet.dll from PECL 5.2.5 to c:\php-5.2.6-Win32

6. copy php_java.dll from PECL 5.2.5 to c:\php-5.2.6-Win32\ext

7. copy php_java.jar from PECL 5.2.5 to tomcat\lib

8. create a directory named "php" (or what ever u like) in tomcat\webapps directory

9. copy phpsrvlt.jar from PECL 5.2.5 to tomcat\webapps\php\WEB-INF\lib

10. Unjar or unzip phpsrvlt.jar for unzip use winrar or winzip for unjar use : jar xfv phpsrvlt.jar

11. change both net\php\reflect.properties and net\php\servlet.properties to library=php5servlet

12. Recreate the jar file -> jar cvf php5srvlt.jar net/php/. PS: if the jar file doesnt run you have to add the Path to system variables for me I added C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin; to System variables/Path

13. create web.xml in tomcat\webapps\php\WEB-INF with this content:

    <web-app version="2.4" 
      xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance "
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee 
      http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd ">
      <servlet>
        <servlet-name>php</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>net.php.servlet</servlet-class>
      </servlet>
      <servlet>
        <servlet-name>php-formatter</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>net.php.formatter</servlet-class>
      </servlet>
      <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>php</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.php</url-pattern>
      </servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>php-formatter</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.phps</url-pattern>
      </servlet-mapping>
    </web-app>
    

14. Add PHP path( c:\php-5.2.6-Win32) to your System or User Path in Windows enironment (Hint: Right-click and select Properties from My Computer

15. create test.php for testing under tomcat\webapps\php like

16. Restart tomcat

17. browse localhost:8080/php/test.php

Answer 2

If anyone's still looking - Quercus has a war that allows to run PHP scripts in apache tomcat or glassfish. For a step by step guide look at this article

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Caucho Quercus can run PHP code on the jvm.

Answer 5

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:

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<?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.

6. 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

Answer 6

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.