PHP 5.2 and other requirements for TypoLight

[Mertens, Bram]

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-----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jose R R
> Sent: donderdag 25 juni 2009 7:28
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: PHP 5.2 and other requirements for TypoLight
> 
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:16 PM, mark <m.roth2006 at rcn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jose R R wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Please note that Quercus 3.2.1 has been under continued development
> since
> > > the 2008 release and currently Quercus 4.0 has been embedded into
> Caucho's
> > > own Resin 4.0 Java application server.  As you may be aware, some
> portal
> > > software, think LifeRay, is distributed bundled with Java
> application
> > > servers like Apache Geronimo (<
> > > http://www.liferay.com/web/guest/downloads/portal  >).
>  Accordingly, it is
> > > nothing out of the ordinary to deploy your PHP based portal with an
> > > underlying Java application server for added security.
> >
> > So this means you don't need the PHP-java-bridge?
> >
> >        mark
> 
> Exactly.  You may want to reference this white paper: <
> http://www.caucho.com/products/whitepapers/quercus.pdf >.  Please note
> that the compilation of PHP scripts to Java byte code (for faster
> access) is only easily enabled in Caucho's own Resin Java application
> server.
> 
> Moreover, although Caucho may subsequently make available Quercus 4.0
> as an module/servlet independent of Resin 4.0 --just as now Quercus
> 3.2.1 is available independent of Resin 3.2.x-- it will likely require
> tweaking and/or recompilation for full feature use on other than Resin
> Java application servers.
> 
> My experience enabling Quercus 3.2.1 on IBM WASCE / Apache Geronimo (<
> http://www.metztli-it.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/14/todavia-no-
> se?blog=4
> >) provided me the insight to know that certain PHP applications like
> the Multi-blog & Advanced Blogging Software b2evolution (<
> http://b2evolution.net >) require still unimplemented features (<
> http://bugs.caucho.com/view.php?id=3565 >).  On the other hand,
> Whissip (< http://whissip.net/ >), an branch of b2evolution, will fare
> better purportedly due to difference in database access
> implementation.
> 
> Evidently, my suggestion of Quercus w/out IBM WASCE / Apache Geronimo
> / Resin is simply for the interested party to evaluate her/his PHP
> portal application on an Java application server.  If he PHP
> application runs without issues, then Martens will probably gain
> security and performance advantage over any other solution.

Thank you for this information.  This is absolutely new to me, I'll look into it.

Regards

Bram