PHP to Java (using PtoJ)

Question

I would like to transition our codebase from poorly written PHP code to poorly written Java, since I believe Java code is easier to tidy up. What are the pros and cons, and for

Answer 1

http://www.numiton.com/products/ntile-ptoj/translation-samples/web-and-db-access/mysql.html

Would you rather not use Hibernate ?