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Doug Cassidy
Doug Cassidy

Reputation: 1907

Coldfusion and php, in the same file?

On this server, I can use both .cfm and .php files. Both types will be parsed, as expected.

However, I want .cfm files to be parsed for php, as well. For example,

//test.cfm:
<cfoutput>hello from cf</cfoutput>    
<?php echo 'hello from php'; ?>
// outputs the php, verbatim, without processing :(

I know that I can change the php config, to parse .cfm. I dont know what order the parsing will take place or any other pros and cons, tricks and tips.

The goal here is that I want to wrap php (which i know well) into a cfm file (much less experience). The cfm file will be in an admin section, which automatically checks the user auth, and includes other cf files.

So, it seems to me that if coldfusion parses the file (checking the user-auth and all that), then hands it over to php, that would be the process that I am looking for.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2169

Answers (2)

William Greenly
William Greenly

Reputation: 3989

It will depend on the ColdFusion Application Server, what it supports and what level of interoperability you want. Generally if you want to be able to mix variables across statements, then you need to share the ColdFusion pageContext and make sure that php variables are written and updated. I don't believe that the example above does this, but I am happy to stand corrected. The other alternative is to called ColdFusion from PHP, again using Quercus. These 2 articles will help you do this. The first shows how to call Java from PHP, the second how to call ColdFusion from Java.

http://quercus.caucho.com/quercus-3.1/doc/quercus.xtp#Instantiatingobjectsbyclassname http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/10.0/Developing/WSe61e35da8d318518-106e125d1353e804331-7ffb.html

Firstly create a ColdFusion component that can render ColdFusion dynamically

<cfcomponent displayname="ColdFusion renderer" output="false"> 
    <cffunction name="render" returntype="'String' or 'Any'">
    <!---
    Do something with the coldfusion code here e.g:

    write to a file using <CFFILE> and then <CFMODULE> or <CFINCLUDE>,<CFSAVECONTENT> it 

    or if the ColdFusion is all script, use the evaluate() function

    --->
    </cffunction> 
</cfcomponent>

the invoke the component in PHP, via Java, using the CFCProxy

<?php
function cfml($code)
{
    $cfc = new Java("coldfusion.cfc.CFCProxy", "path/to/cfc/above");
    $cfc.render($code);
}

echo 'hello from php';

cfml(<<<EOT
    <cfoutput>Hello from CF</cfoutput>
EOT
);
?>

Upvotes: 0

James A Mohler
James A Mohler

Reputation: 11120

This has been done:

See: http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/projects/cfgroovy2/

Most of the documentation has mixing ColdFusion and Groovy, but other languages can be mixed in too.

Example code:

<cfimport prefix="g" taglib="engine" />

...

<h2>Run some PHP (via Quercus)</h2>
<cftry>
   <g:script lang="php">
      <?php
      $variables["myArray"][] = "Pretty Happy People wrote PHP.";
      echo "<pre>";
      var_dump($variables["myArray"]);
      echo "</pre>";
      ?>
   </g:script>
   <cfcatch type="CFGroovy.UnknownLanguageException">
     <p>Quercus needs to be added to your classpath for the PHP example to work</p>
   </cfcatch>
   <cfcatch type="any">
     <p>Error running PHP code: #cfcatch.message#</p>
     <p>#cfcatch.detail#</p>
  </cfcatch>
</cftry>

Source: https://ssl.barneyb.com/svn/barneyb/cfgroovy2/trunk/demo/index.cfm

Upvotes: 1

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