Download and Configure Aspose.Tasks in PHP

Download Required Libraries

Download required libraries mentioned below. These are the required for executing Aspose.Tasks Java for PHP examples.

• Aspose: Aspose.Tasks for Java Component
• PHP/Java Bridge

Download Examples from Social Coding Sites

Following releases of running examples are available to download on below mentioned social coding sites:

GitHub

• Aspose.Tasks Java for PHP

How to configure the source code on Linux Platform

Please follow these simple steps in order to open and extend the source code while using:

1. Install Tomcat Server

To install tomcat server, issue following command on the linux console. This will successfully install tomcat server.

sudo apt-get install tomcat8

2. Download and Configure PHP/JavaBridge

In order to download the PHP/JavaBridge binaries, issue following command on the linux console.

wget https://citylan.dl.sourceforge.net/project/php-java-bridge/Binary%20package/php-java-bridge_6.2.1/php-java-bridge_6.2.1_documentation.zip 

Unzip the PHP/JavaBridge binaries by issuing the following command on linux console.

unzip -d php-java-bridge_6.2.1_documentation.zip 

This will extract JavaBridge.war file. Copy it to tomcat88 webapps folder by issuing the following command on Linux console.

sudo cp JavaBridge.war /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps/JavaBridge.war 

By copying, tomcat8 will automatically create a new folder “JavaBridge” in webapps. Once the folder is created, make sure your tomcat8 is running and then check https://localhost:8080/JavaBridge in browser, it should open a default page of JavaBridge.

If any error message appears then install FastCGI by issuing the following command on Linux console.

sudo apt-get install php55-cgi 

After installing php5.5 CGI, restart tomcat8 server and check https://localhost:8080/JavaBridge again in the browser.

If JAVA_HOME error is displayed, then open /etc/default/tomcat8 file and uncomment the line that sets the JAVA_HOME. Check https://localhost:8080/JavaBridge in browser again, it should come with PHP/JavaBridge Examples page.

3. Configure Aspose.Tasks Java for PHP Examples

Clone, PHP examples by issuing the following commands inside webapps/JavaBridge folder.

$ git init
$ git clone [https://github.com/aspose-tasks/Aspose.Tasks-for-Java/tree/master/Plugins/Aspose_Tasks_Java_for_PHP]

How to configure the source code on Windows Platform

Please follow below simple steps to configure PHP/Java Bridge on Windows Platform

1. Install PHP5 and configure as you normally do
2. Install JRE 6 (Java Runtime Environment) if you don’t already have it. You can check this in C:\Program Files etc. You can download it here . I am using JRE 6 as It is compatible with PHP Java Bridge (PJB).
3. Install Apache Tomcat 8.0. You can download it here
4. Download JavaBridge.war. Copy this file to tomcat webapps directory. (ex: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\webapps )
5. Restart tomcat apache service.
6. Go to http://localhost:8080/JavaBridge/test.php to check if PHP works. You can find other examples in there
7. Copy your Aspose.Tasks Java jar file to C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\webapps\JavaBridge\WEB-INF\lib
8. Clone Aspose.Tasks Java for PHP examples inside C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\webapps\ folder.
9. Copy folder C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0\webapps\JavaBridge\java to your Aspose.Tasks Java for PHP examples folder.
10. Restart apache tomcat service and start using examples.