I don't know much about that, but it definitely sounds better, escpecially since it's still PHP based. Do you know of any websites or tutorials I can go to to learn more about it? It sounds like a much better option.
Thanks, Matt "Ray Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Also, I would like to point out that you could possibly use php-gtk to > do some gui applications. Since it has a windows and *nix port you can > use that too. I have built a couple of apps with it that pull snmp data > from routers with it that worked great. I also used a java installer to > install the required files. > > Might be worth looking into since it is php based. > > -- > Ray > > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 12:20, Raditha Dissanayake wrote: > > hi, > > > > Great to hear that PHP is your language of choice. There are several > > SOAP libraries available and they come with good docs. However if you > > are building an image gallery type application, you will be able to do > > mos of the work just by using java.net package has has been pointed out. > > > > all the best > > > > > > Matt Palermo wrote: > > > > >I don't neccessarily WANT to mix the 2 languages. I just have an > > >application on my webserver that uses MySQL databases and the script is all > > >written in PHP (which I am pretty good at). The only reason I want to use > > >JAVA is so a user can download and install a program that I write (since > > >JAVA is platform independant) that they can run on their local computers. > > >This JAVA program will connect to the server (PHP files) and send back all > > >the information to the JAVA app. This way, the user doesn't even have to go > > >to the website for this script. They can just open the JAVA program and it > > >will be passed all the neccessary information. I'm just a beginner in JAVA, > > >so it will probably take me quite a while to figure out how to build a whole > > >program like this. Eventually, I want it to be similar to the Gallery > > >Remote program (found at: http://gallery.menalto.com/) for a PHP image > > >gallery. I got a long way to go before I will have this created though, > > >since I'm very new to JAVA (I'm much stronger in PHP). Anyway, I'm sure you > > >get the idea. > > > > > >Matt > > > > > > > > >"Raditha Dissanayake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>For this scenario, Ray's suggestion of SOAP is IMHO the best option. But > > >>just out of curiosity why do you want to mix the two languages? If you > > >>are familiar with java you might be better off doing your server side > > >>stuff using J2EE. Then you might be able to use > > >>Object Streams for your communications or RMI. Then there is the > > >>XMLEncoder class that was made availble with 1.4 > > >> > > >>better stop before someone shoots me down this is a PHP list after all :-) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>Matt Palermo wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>I have been searching the web for ways to execute remote PHP files > > >>> > > >>> > > >through > > > > > > > > >>>the use of JAVA code, but I haven't had any luck. I have found many ways > > >>> > > >>> > > >to > > > > > > > > >>>call JAVA functions from a PHP script, but not the other way around. > > >>> > > >>> > > >What > > > > > > > > >>>I'm trying to accomplish is I want to build a JAVA application that will > > >>> > > >>> > > >be > > > > > > > > >>>run from a users local computer after installation and this JAVA program > > >>>will connect to a url on my server (a url to a PHP script). This PHP > > >>> > > >>> > > >script > > > > > > > > >>>will be used to connect to the server's MySQL database and send some > > >>>retrieved information back to the JAVA application on the users machine. > > >>> > > >>> > > >I > > > > > > > > >>>have been searching the web for hours trying to find a tutorial, or > > >>> > > >>> > > >advice > > > > > > > > >>>on how to accomplish this, but so far I have had no luck. If anyone has > > >>> > > >>> > > >any > > > > > > > > >>>advice or suggestions please let me know. > > >>> > > >>>Thanks, > > >>> > > >>>Matt > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>-- > > >>Raditha Dissanayake. > > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | http://www.raditha/megaupload/ > > >>Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader > > >>Graphical User Inteface. Just 150 KB | with progress bar. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Raditha Dissanayake. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | http://www.raditha/megaupload/ > > Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader > > Graphical User Inteface. Just 150 KB | with progress bar. > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
