Again, help! can one set static Java variable in php?

Hi, all, The traffic on this mailing list is so high that I'm hoping reposting will catch some eyeballs... Sorry to clog your mailbox but I really would like to get some response... I've been using both PHP and Java for a while, but just started to use the Java extension of PHP (calling Java objects/methods in PHP). So I'm using a PHP front end to access a Java library, with PHP4.2.3, J2sdk1.4.1 and Apache2. My question is, if in say, page1.php, I make a Java object, say, System, and call setProperty("problem", "true"), should I be able to get that property when I reload page1.php again, even though I'll re-create the Java object again? The code would look like: page1.php <?php $testStatic = new Java('java.lang.System'); print "test static, property problem is: " . $testStatic->getProperty("problem") . " <br>\n"; $testStatic->setProperty("problem", "true"); print "after setting prop, problem is: " . $testStatic->getProperty("problem") . "<br>\n"; ?> Since the JVM is created only once when the first java object is created (from a unique connection to the web server, I suppose), I don't think it's destroyed immediately upon finishing the php page?! Shouldn't the static variables and static methods keep its value from one execution of a php page to the next? I don't suppose JNI load the classes and unload them each time a php page is executed. However, when I did this test, the static property was not persisted. Anyone has any ideas? Ciao, Tao