How to facilitate communication between php script on a server to a running Java application on another server?

Question

How to establish a way for Java application to listen to data being sent by php ? Sockets or Http POST ?

Essentially, I have Java application running on another server w

Answer 1

Your best bet is probably going to be to set up a java servlet "container" (server), such as tomcat (you can pay a lot of money for something else, if you have to for corporate reasons).

http://tomcat.apache.org/

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/servletapi/javax/servlet/ServletRequest.html#getReader() or http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/servletapi/javax/servlet/ServletRequest.html#getInputStream()

Be aware there is a bit of work up front, just to set up and host "hello.jsp", but adding the mapping for the "myservice" servlet in web.xml is not too bad.

Answer 2

I suggest implementing a REST api. If you can't or don't want to, using sockets is the most secure way...

If you are sending FROM php, I recommend using a RESTful API with authentication. Send JSON data, get JSON data back. It allows for better future expansion too.