Using PHP on Google's App Engine using Quercus and Java

6:15 - 7:00 pm Networking
7:00 - 8:30 pm Main Presentation
8:30 - 8:45 pm Q & A


Quercus is Caucho's implementation of PHP in Java that was originallydesigned for running PHP applications on traditional applicationserver stacks. Google's App Engine offers a Servlet engineenvironment, which allows Quercus to run PHP on this unique cloudplatform. This talk will show how Quercus works in general and withthe App Engine. We'll discuss the unique challenges that come fromcombining PHP (which is usually backed by a MySQL database) withthe App Engine and BigTable. Specifically, existing applicationssuch as WordPress can be run on the App Engine, though they need somemodification. We'll show examples of how to build new applicationson the App Engine combining PHP and Java and some early findings forbest practices. Finally, we'll show some upcoming developments inboth Quercus and third-party frameworks that will make PHP developmenton the App Engine even easier and faster in the near future.