Re: [PHP4BETA] strange effect when calling Java

Hi Sam,

thanks, I think you may be right. I think that JDK1.x didn't copy all its
important files (java.exe, javai.dll= into the Windows directory, so there
may well be an old version. Thanks for the pointer!

Regards
Christian

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To: "Christian Wenz" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] strange effect when calling Java


>
>
> Christian Wenz wrote:
> > If I call this script via http://localhost/php4/jver.php , I get
> > the following output:
> > Java version=1.1.3
> >
> > I also have Tomcat 3.1 running. If I copy my php4 script directory
> > into  the webapps/examples directory and call the script via
> > http://localhost:8080/examples/php4/jver.php, I get the following
> > output:
> > Java version=1.1.8
>
> It is possible that they could be finding and loading two different JVMs.
>
> I presume that the first example is using ext_java, in which case it will
> look in your path for javai.dll (jvm.dll for JDK 1.2+ users).  With
Tomcat,
> you will use the JVM associated with the java.exe that you use to launch
> Tomcat.
>
> As many products ship JVMs these days, it is possible that you are finding
> another one and using it...
>
> - Sam Ruby
>