is there a simple way to call PHP scripts with some GET parameters from JSP? I would also need to get some information back, though it will be very simple and could be done using the PHP's standard output. The PHP and JSP scripts will be running on the same machine, the PHP scripts through Apache and the JSP ones through Tomcat.
I have no need to share more data than the GET parameters and return string mentioned above.
What I'm doing is integrating phpBB in an existing JSP project, which require a little communication between the two (mainly keeping the two user databases synchronised). Sure, I could rewrite a JSP-based forum, but that sounds like a lot more work
That would be an option, and I will do that if the integration idea fails.
However I would like to leave the JSP side of the framework with as little modifications as possible, and keep as much as possible of the forum-related code on the PHP side.