Re: Zend ports PHP tools to IBM iSeries servers

 >> I just assumed they would target mainstream rather than bleeding edge.  

Like you I had hoped it would run on earlier releases, but then there is
already a port that will do that (www.i5php.net) 

I was also saddened to find that it is a PASE implementation (unlike Apache
which is native) and that there is no native program access in this version.
It seems to me that this should be a great way for Joe Average to prove the
worth of System i as a web server.  Problem is you've got to get into PASE
and can't get to your RPG/COBOL code unless you wrap them as SQL stored
procedures.  That's two more hurdles.  PASE isn't hard, and we should all be
learning stored procs anyway - but it will put people off trying - and
that's sad.

The good news is that Zend themselves are supporting it.

Jon Paris
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