Re: PHP to RPG - "tight" integration -- WEB400

Gents,

I can confirm all what John is ligning up. I have just made a similar checklist with the 3 first bullets - and had it confirmed by IBM. The "modPHP"and the application server will stay in PASE ...


Regards

Niels Liisberg

----- Original Message -----From: "Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] PHP to RPG - "tight" integration

Aaron,

I am excited by the prospects of PHP for the future of System i but am a
little disappointed at the initial implementation.

My understanding is that they are using the toolbox call API.

PHP runs in PASE and interfaces to the outside world via a "parallel"Apache

instance that communicates with the regular Apache server.

They do intend to tighten integration in the future but as far as I know
that's how the current setup works.

As to the "webify" bit - I think it is meant in the sense that if your

existing apps have their UI clearly separated from their business logicyou

can put a PHP front end on it.

The Zend Studio IDE is free to System i users - assumedly because WDSC is

"free" to System i users while other IBM platform users have to pay forit.

It seems to me that the PHP community is remarkably similar to the Systemicommunity. Full of enthusiastic zealots!! I'm looking forward tospending

more time with it.

For those who want to "play" before V5R4 gets to their shop, try XAMPP -it

will load and configure PHP, MySQL, Apache etc. on your PC and give you a
real easy intro to the world of PHP.

Jon Paris
Partner400

www.Partner400.com


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