I'm not a PHP user in cocoon, but I can provide some hints on the information you asked about. First, the biggest clues come from an odd location (http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/tutorial/tutorial-develop-webapp.html):
---------------------- PhpGenerator This generator functions just like the JspGenerator, but with PHP templates. The PHP must generate valid XML, and be a file in the context. This generator requires a JAXP 1.1 compliant parser and the phpservlet.jar file that comes from http://php.net. Install the files in the WEB-INF/libs directory. The PhpGenerator is not Cacheable. -------------------------------------------- So, > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex McLintock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PHP status? > > > I asked about PHP within Cocoon and > > At 23:32 22/12/02, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > >" > > * Allows PHP to be used as a generator. Builds upon the PHP servlet > > * functionallity - overrides the output method in order to pipe the > > * results into SAX events. > >" > > > >Looking at the code, it takes the Request, calls a PhPServlet, > and injects > >the PHPServlet result into Cocoon as a Sax Stream. > > > Ok, so it looks like if I need information I'll have to figure it out > myself. (So what's new :-) > > For instance I am not sure how the PHPServlet fits in to this - > is it part > of Cocoon? No, it's from php.net, although I don't know if the exact name given in that doc is still valid - it may ship with the default distribution of PHP though. > > I assumed that PHP had to be run by the compiled C apache module rather > than a separate servlet. You'll have to look at the php site for more information there - it seems the servlet does depend on PHP being installed. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.java.php > > I am not sure how it maintains state between calls - ie does my Cocoon > sitemap have to know about all the potential parameters which my PHP code > may use.... Hmmm. You'll have to look in the code of PHPGenerator to confirm, but I believe that cocoon will pass the request object to the servlet, so potentially all request parameters should survive. However, I don't believe that cookies share the same luck, but again you'll have to check it out yourself. Hope that helps, Geoff Howard --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
