What is the best way to convert an existing php class into Java?

Question

I have been tasked with converting several php classes into java classes, which is quickly becoming a nightmare for me. I understand the basic language structure, it being simil

Answer 1

It sounds like you're trying to convert PHP code that is procedural into an OO code base.

This is not so much a question of PHP to Java, but rather a paradigm shift. There's no automated way to do it, it's going to be rough. Especially if one code base is badly written.

Btw, I would also why are you converting? Is it just performance? And if so, is there nothing you can do to fix the performance issues. I don't think just converting from one language to another will fix it, you'll still have to find the bottleneck.