Run a php app using tomcat?

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

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.)

Caucho Quercus can run PHP code on the jvm.