Using sophisticated application frameworks to build your network server applications is fine, but sometimes these frameworks are overkill. With a little communications programming between PHP and Java, you can establish an extensible layer that handles the annoying details of creating a custom network protocol.
by Greg Travis
March 19, 2004
hese days, using sophisticated application frameworks to build your network server applications is understandable, but sometimes such frameworks are overkill. When you strip networking down to its bare essentials, network sockets offer lot of flexibility and simplicity. With a little communications programming between PHP and Java, you can establish an extensible layer that handles the annoying details of creating a custom network protocol.
As you'll see, PHP is not only excellent for quick-and-dirty scripting. More and more developers also are using it to build sophisticated Web applications. Java, of course, has been used to build Web applications for years, but as anyone who has used a Java-based Web framework knows, it isn't the easiest technology to use.
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hese days, using sophisticated application frameworks to build your network server applications is understandable, but sometimes such frameworks are overkill. When you strip networking down to its bare essentials, network sockets offer lot of flexibility and simplicity. With a little communications programming between PHP and Java, you can establish an extensible layer that handles the annoying details of creating a custom network protocol.
