Working with hacked together management systems that utilize both Java/JSP and PHP can be extremely annoying. However, jQuery has made our lives a lot easier by letting us call PHP using Javascript.

Most of us are script kiddies. Admit it, we like to build our own tools but whenever a shortcut comes into play, we take the high road. Can you really blame developers for choosing this route when time seems to always be a factor on the Internet. The issue is this leaves us with VERY hacky systems. We piece together and integrate but there are just things we can’t control. Particularly if we ever end up with anything that’s not open source.

Here’s a trick for pulling PHP into a JSP run page, or really any page for that matter, as long as it supposed Javascript. Generally speaking, all things support Javascript.

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<script src="jquery.js"></script> 
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<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
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  $.get("/location/to/file.php", function(data) {
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   $("#posthere").html(data);
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  });
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// ]]></script>
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Here's how this works. jQuery we should all know. If you don't, go do some reading. It's a big deal.

$.get is from jQuery and it will pull the information over and display it.

#posthere is key. The