Bridging Java and PHP

Web developer Daniel Krook recently discussed bridging Java with PHP on his blog, krook.net. Krook’s goal is to access Java code from within a PHP application, and vice versa.

The benefit, he writes, is that you can reuse libraries or services deployed on one platform from code that exists in a different environment. While there are various means of achieving this bridge, including a commercial product created by Zend Technologies, Krook concludes that

The open source PHP/Java Bridge  hosted at SourceForge is the most mature solution. Krook’s post includes various source links. Ina related posting, one commenter mentions a Facebook open-source project known as Thrift.

To read Krook’s post http://krook.net/archives/191

[A nod to Daniel Rubio who cited this post on TSS.com]


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