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  3. April 2006

Re: Zend ports PHP tools to IBM iSeries servers

I was told that you could call programs directly from PHP in the new implementation and that native DB I/O was possible. I didn't see a demo while I was at Common so I don't know how this has all been implemented.
I suppose you could do a shell_exec to run a program in native OS with the i5php version but I was hoping for some more seamless integration. Where is runs isn't as big an issue of how it runs. If I can have an ILE-like experience in coding the PHP with calling API and programs in i5/OS, I am OK with PASE. 

I wish I had a V5R4M0 box so I could play with this a bit.

Pete


Jon Paris wrote:
>> 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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