Please test with  PHP 4.1.1+JDK 1.2 and report the result back 
Please do not forget  updating PHP version. Thanks.

I am really looking for a fix to this problem.  Just playing with INI file settings doesn't seem to cut it.  I have noticed that if you set KEEPALIVE to off in Apache you can only access Java once (otherwise as long as you refreshed the page every few seconds it would keep working).  I think this problem has something to do with what happens when the module is unloaded.  It might be ending up in an unusable but loaded state which prevents it from being loaded again.  It is obvious it is web server independant.

With reference to the Bug:14908 from fusion@factmusic.com dated 7Jan, i would like to put following question as i am also facing the same problem:

Were you able to solve your problem!

We are also trying to install PHP4.1.1 with java spport having jdk version 1.2.2, linux 7.1, apache 1.3.19.

I also get the same error while testing a test php4 file having :

<?php

$obj = new Java ("java.lang.system") ;

?>

The error is Fatal error: Unable to create Java Virtual Machine in /var/www/html/test/test.php4.

[Java]
java.class.path = /var/www/php/php-4.1.1/ext/java/php_java.jar
java.home = /var/www/php/php-4.1.1/ext/java/jdk1.2.2:/var/www/php/php-4.1.1/ext/
java/jdk1.2.2/bin:/var/www/php/php-4.1.1/ext/java/jdk1.2.2/jre/bin:/var/www/php/
php-4.1.1/ext/java/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib
;java.library.path = /var/www/php/php-4.1.1/ext/java/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/i386
;java.library = libjava.so
java.library.path = /var/www/php/php-4.1.1/ext/java/jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/i386/classi
c
java.library = libjvm.so
extension_dir = /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20010901
extension = libphp_java.so
                                                                     
This is our present setting in the php.ini file.

Kindly help us.

With Regards,
Lily

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

No, I have never been able to get this to work.  Maybe someone else can?

I am receiving the following error using Win2k / Apache1.3.22 / PHP4.1.2 / JDK1.2.2 -- Unable to initalize Java Virtual Machine -- immediately after loading a script that uses Java.  I can remedy the problem by restarting Apache, which is obviously not feasible.

hello,
i need to know how to configure php with java,
Thanks in advance

Even i am facing the same problem.I am trying to call java from php.For this i am using PECL extension..and i also downloaded php java bridge.But the following test code:

$system = new Java('java.lang.System');	
// demonstrate property access
	echo "Java version=" . $system->getProperty('java.version') . "<br/>";

When i execute this i got the following error:
"Fatal error: java() [<a href='function.java'>function.java</a>]: Unable to create Java Virtual Machine"

In php.ini i added the following thing:
[java]
java.home="F:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03"
java.class.path="C:\xampp\php\ext\JavaBridge.jar"
java.library.path="C:\wamp\php\ext"
java.library="F:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"


Then my system started give an error that "Apache HTTP Server has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience."..And can anyone help me out to solve this problem?

Chandini

If you use the PECL extension, report the bug there.

Please note that php 4.x will not get any non critical fix (security) until its very last release. Which PHP version do you use?

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

I am facing the same problem. Although it wortks fine on Windows, but it fails on linux. 
It fails only when it is being called through apache (web browser).
Else using php executable it passes. 
It fails on CreateJVM call.