PHP on Java: the Best of Both Worlds
Abstract
PHP is an extremely popular language with a growing community of over 3 million developers. It powers more than 20 million domains, including hugely popular sites like Facebook and Wikipedia. As a proven technology with a large skill base, PHP is quickly making its way into new areas, where integration with existing assets is essential. In this talk, we'll see how technologies like P8, the PHP engine that is included in IBM WebSphere sMash, can help by running PHP code directly on the JVM. We will cover the new possibilities this entails (such as seamless integration between PHP and Java or even Groovy code) and some of the technical challenges involved in implementing support for PHP on the JVM.
Speaker
Robin Fernandes joined IBM's Java Technology Centre in Hursley, United Kingdom as Software Developer in 2003. His current focus is a Java-based runtime for PHP, which is used in the CA1S SupportPac and WebSphere sMash. He also regularly contributes test cases and patches to php.net and enjoys experimenting with audio software in his spare time.
