Here is a detailed list of the steps I went through to get the PHP
bridge working, as I promised in an earlier post. I certainly do not
claim to be an expert, but this worked for me. I am running Linux
(Centos 4.0), and I am using MySQL instead of the default Hypersonic
database.

1. Download and install JDK, Tomcat, Ant, and Maven. Be sure to
set up all the necessary environment variables and add the bin
directories to the PATH. The versions I installed were:
java 1.4.2, Tomcat 5.0.30, Ant 1.6.5, and Maven 1.0.2.
2. Add a user with a management role to Tomcat.
3. Download libphp4.so from

Add an environment variable called LD_LIBRARY_PATH
that points to the directory where libphp4.so resides.
4. Download the jetspeed source code.
5. Modify the file <jetspeed-source>/portal/maven.xml to
contain the correct directory and war names for deleting the
php demo application. In the goal remove.wars (~line 704),
be sure you have the lines

<delete dir="${}/php"/>
<delete file="${}/php.war"/>

(In my version of maven.xml, PHP is capitalized for both of
these tasks.)
6. Move the css and hosts directories from
<jetspeed-source>/applications/php/src/webapp to
<jetspeed-source>/
7. Modify the file
<jetspeed-source>/
to include the php demo portlet. For example, add the following
code snippet:

<fragment id="dp-20" type="portlet" name="php::php-demo">
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="row" value="4" />
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="column" value="1" />
</fragment>

8. Create a mysql database to hold the php demo data.
9. Edit
<jetspeed-source>/
hosts/conf/config.php to match the hostname, database name,
username, and password for the database created in step 8.
10. Run the script
<jetspeed-source>/
against the database created in step 8 to populate it with php
demo data.
11. Download the latest version of the JDBC driver for MySQL from
and copy
it to $CATALINA_HME/common/endorsed/
12. Create MySQL test and production databases for jetspeed.
13. Create a $USER_HME/build.properties file to match all of
these settings. For example, mine looks like this:

= /
= /
= 5
= /
= /
= sbutman
= <password>
# My SQL driver paths for test and production

#
# configure MySQL Test DB (only needed when running unit tests)
#

=
= com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
= jetspeed
= <password>
#
# configure MySQL Production DB
#

= jdbc:mysql://macbeth/jetspeed
= com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
= jetspeed
= <password>

14. Stop the tomcat server if it is running.
15. Run maven allClean.
16. Run maven allBuild.
17. Run maven quickStart.
18. Restart the tomcat server and give it several minutes to unpack
all of the jars and wars.
19. Access the jetspeed portal page. You should see the php demo
application toward the bottom of the right-hand side of the screen.

Hope this helps.

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John--
I'm afraid you've reached the limits of my technical abilities.

When I first started experimenting with the PHP bridge, I, too, tried
compiling PHP from source and was unsuccessful. I noticed that the .so
file that I generated was much smaller than the one on the itgroundwork
site. What the difference is, I do not know.

Check this post:
%3c430961E1.5050301 (AT) apache (DOT) org%3e
It sounds like Roger might be working on exactly what you're looking
for.

Please post when you've been successful. I would like to compile from
source, too, but it sounds like it's more urgent for you than for me.

Best of luck.

Thu, 2005-08-25 at 14:46 +1000, John Voysey wrote:
Hi Steve,

Much appreciated! I've managed to get the PHP Portlet working now

I've spent a little time trying to get this working on my Linux machine
(running Gentoo 2005.0). After reading your last email, I removed PHP
from my machine and downloaded libphp4.so from the ITGroundwork site,
and it works!

But just to be difficult, I'm now trying to get PHP 4.4.0 (the file
provided by ITGroundwork is for 4.3.6 - and ultimately I still want to
get PHP 5.0.x working, but that can wait) working with Jetspeed. When I
compile PHP manually and use the libphp4.so file that is created I still
get the same errors as I do on Windows (see my first email in this thread).

For reference, I'm trying to use Tomcat 5.0.28 and the JDK 1.4.2.

I'm compiling PHP using the following:

./configure $JAVA_HME $TMCAT_HME
make && make install

This puts the PHP libraries in /usr/local/lib/php, including libphp4.so.
So I modified my LD_LIBRARY_PATH:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$

Restart Tomcat, open the PHP Portlet, and all I get are exceptions in
the Tomcat logs.

At this stage, I'm thinking I've missed an option when compiling PHP,
but I can't see anything else in the help that looks relevant.

If anyone has any clues, they would be much appreciated :)

Thanks again,

John

Steve Butman wrote:
Here is a detailed list of the steps I went through to get the PHP
bridge working, as I promised in an earlier post. I certainly do not
claim to be an expert, but this worked for me. I am running Linux
(Centos 4.0), and I am using MySQL instead of the default Hypersonic
database.

1. Download and install JDK, Tomcat, Ant, and Maven. Be sure to
set up all the necessary environment variables and add the bin
directories to the PATH. The versions I installed were:
java 1.4.2, Tomcat 5.0.30, Ant 1.6.5, and Maven 1.0.2.
2. Add a user with a management role to Tomcat.
3. Download libphp4.so from

Add an environment variable called LD_LIBRARY_PATH
that points to the directory where libphp4.so resides.
4. Download the jetspeed source code.
5. Modify the file <jetspeed-source>/portal/maven.xml to
contain the correct directory and war names for deleting the
php demo application. In the goal remove.wars (~line 704),
be sure you have the lines

<delete dir="${org.jetspeed.deploy.war.dir}/php"/>
<delete file="${}/php.war"/>

(In my version of maven.xml, PHP is capitalized for both of
these tasks.)
6. Move the css and hosts directories from
<jetspeed-source>/applications/php/src/webapp to
<jetspeed-source>/
7. Modify the file
<jetspeed-source>/
to include the php demo portlet. For example, add the following
code snippet:

<fragment id="dp-20" type="portlet" name="php::php-demo">
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="row" value="4" />
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="column" value="1" />
</fragment>

8. Create a mysql database to hold the php demo data.
9. Edit
<jetspeed-source>/
hosts/conf/config.php to match the hostname, database name,
username, and password for the database created in step 8.
10. Run the script
<jetspeed-source>/
against the database created in step 8 to populate it with php
demo data.
11. Download the latest version of the JDBC driver for MySQL from
and copy
it to $CATALINA_HME/common/endorsed/
12. Create MySQL test and production databases for jetspeed.
13. Create a $USER_HME/build.properties file to match all of
these settings. For example, mine looks like this:

= /
= /
= 5
= /
= /
= sbutman
= <password>
# My SQL driver paths for test and production

#
# configure MySQL Test DB (only needed when running unit tests)
#

=
= com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
= jetspeed
= <password>
#
# configure MySQL Production DB
#

= jdbc:mysql://macbeth/jetspeed
= com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
= jetspeed
= <password>

14. Stop the tomcat server if it is running.
15. Run maven allClean.
16. Run maven allBuild.
17. Run maven quickStart.
18. Restart the tomcat server and give it several minutes to unpack
all of the jars and wars.
19. Access the jetspeed portal page. You should see the php demo
application toward the bottom of the right-hand side of the screen.

Hope this helps.

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Unfortunately you have to recompile PHP 4.4 and create a new libphp4.so
library.
As I mentioned earlier I'm putting together a package with the modified
PHP source code for the servlet and java api one for version 4 and one
for version 5.
I'll be done by the end of the week.

Hope it helps
Roger

John Voysey wrote:

Hi Steve,

Much appreciated! I've managed to get the PHP Portlet working now

I've spent a little time trying to get this working on my Linux
machine (running Gentoo 2005.0). After reading your last email, I
removed PHP from my machine and downloaded libphp4.so from the
ITGroundwork site, and it works!

But just to be difficult, I'm now trying to get PHP 4.4.0 (the file
provided by ITGroundwork is for 4.3.6 - and ultimately I still want to
get PHP 5.0.x working, but that can wait) working with Jetspeed. When
I compile PHP manually and use the libphp4.so file that is created I
still get the same errors as I do on Windows (see my first email in
this thread).

For reference, I'm trying to use Tomcat 5.0.28 and the JDK 1.4.2.

I'm compiling PHP using the following:

./configure $JAVA_HME $TMCAT_HME
make && make install

This puts the PHP libraries in /usr/local/lib/php, including
libphp4.so. So I modified my LD_LIBRARY_PATH:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$

Restart Tomcat, open the PHP Portlet, and all I get are exceptions in
the Tomcat logs.

At this stage, I'm thinking I've missed an option when compiling PHP,
but I can't see anything else in the help that looks relevant.

If anyone has any clues, they would be much appreciated :)

Thanks again,

John

Steve Butman wrote:
>
>Here is a detailed list of the steps I went through to get the PHP
>bridge working, as I promised in an earlier post. I certainly do not
>claim to be an expert, but this worked for me. I am running Linux
>(Centos 4.0), and I am using MySQL instead of the default Hypersonic
>database.
>>
>1. Download and install JDK, Tomcat, Ant, and Maven. Be sure to
>set up all the necessary environment variables and add the bin
>directories to the PATH. The versions I installed were: java
>1.4.2, Tomcat 5.0.30, Ant 1.6.5, and Maven 1.0.2.
>2. Add a user with a management role to Tomcat.
>3. Download libphp4.so from
>Add an
>environment variable called LD_LIBRARY_PATH that points to the
>directory where libphp4.so resides.
>4. Download the jetspeed source code.
>5. Modify the file <jetspeed-source>/portal/maven.xml to contain
>the correct directory and war names for deleting the php demo
>application. In the goal remove.wars (~line 704), be sure you
>have the lines
>>
><delete dir="${org.jetspeed.deploy.war.dir}/php"/>
><delete file="${}/php.war"/>
>>
>(In my version of maven.xml, PHP is capitalized for both of
>these tasks.)
>6. Move the css and hosts directories from
><jetspeed-source>/applications/php/src/webapp to
><jetspeed-source>/
>7. Modify the file
><jetspeed-source>/
>to include the php demo portlet. For example, add the following
>code snippet:
>>
><fragment id="dp-20" type="portlet" name="php::php-demo">
><property layout="TwoColumns" name="row" value="4" />
><property layout="TwoColumns" name="column" value="1" />
></fragment>
>>
>8. Create a mysql database to hold the php demo data.
>9. Edit <jetspeed-source>/
>hosts/conf/config.php to match the hostname, database name,
>username, and password for the database created in step 8.
>10. Run the script
><jetspeed-source>/
>against the database created in step 8 to populate it with php
>demo data.
>11. Download the latest version of the JDBC driver for MySQL from
>and copy it
>to $CATALINA_HME/common/endorsed/
>12. Create MySQL test and production databases for jetspeed.
>13. Create a $USER_HME/build.properties file to match all of
>these settings. For example, mine looks like this:
>>
>= /
>=
>/
>= 5
>=
>/
>=
>/
>= sbutman
>= <password>
># My SQL driver paths for test and production
>
>>
>
>>
>#
>
>>
># configure MySQL Test DB (only needed when running unit tests)
>#
>
>>
>
>=
>
>= com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
>= jetspeed
>= <password>
>#
>
>>
># configure MySQL Production DB
>#
>
>>
>
>=
>jdbc:mysql://macbeth/jetspeed
>= com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
>= jetspeed
>= <password>
>>
>14. Stop the tomcat server if it is running.
>15. Run maven allClean.
>16. Run maven allBuild.
>17. Run maven quickStart.
>18. Restart the tomcat server and give it several minutes to unpack
>all of the jars and wars.
>19. Access the jetspeed portal page. You should see the php demo
>application toward the bottom of the right-hand side of the screen.
>>
>Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>
>To unsubscribe, e-mail: jetspeed-user-unsubscribe (AT) portals (DOT) apache.org
>For additional commands, e-mail: jetspeed-user-help (AT) portals (DOT) apache.org
>>
>

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Hi Roger,

Just wondering how this was going? I've still had no luck compiling a
PHP (4.x or 5.x) library myself that will run with Jetspeed.

I've been using the libphp4.so binary provided by ITGroundwork to get
some idea of how the interactions between PHP and Jetspeed work.

However, as I've started converting my project to a portlet, I've found
the provided PHP binary is lacking some features I require (for
instance, support for databases).

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

John

Roger Ruttimann wrote:
Unfortunately you have to recompile PHP 4.4 and create a new libphp4.so
library.
As I mentioned earlier I'm putting together a package with the modified
PHP source code for the servlet and java api one for version 4 and one
for version 5.
I'll be done by the end of the week.

Hope it helps
Roger

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