Zero real experience, but what I hear is that the Java / PHP bridges are a bit brittle and difficult to shore up properly... You may want to consider going with HTTP REST / RPC services instead, as those are quite solid, and you can get what you want. Note that this is all hearsay on my part. ymmv -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php