Fue tomado de http://fabien.duminy.ifrance.com/blog/archives/2007/08/entry_14.html tomcat and php Here are the steps to run php in tomcat : Download tomcat and unzip the archive where you want (=> TOMCAT_DIR ) Create the following directories : TOMCAT_DIR /webapps/testPHP If necessary, create directory TOMCAT_DIR /common/lib (it seems, at least with tomcat 6, that the directory is no more created) Edit the file TOMCAT_DIR /conf/catalina.properties and modify the line for property shared.loader : shared.loader=${catalina.home}/common/classes,${catalina.home}/common/lib/*.jar Edit the file TOMCAT_DIR /conf/web.xml and add the lines mentionned below (see ' lines to add to web.xml of your tomcat installation ') To download quercus ( a php 5 engine written in pure java), you must in fact download resin becau