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Delivering PHP for i5/OS

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Applications

PHP has the support of a large community with more than ten thousand applications and components to share. Try out the thousands of PHP scripts available on http://www.hotscripts.com, http://www.opensourcecms.com, http://www.phpjunkyard.com/ and http://www.phpfreaks.com/.

Developing i5/OS PHP Application
This roadmap helps i5/OS Web application developers create applications for PHP with Zend Core for i5/OS.

Porting PHP Applications to i5/OS
This roadmap provides information for solution providers to port their PHP applications to the i5/OS using the Zend Core runtime environment.


Brochures, Spec Sheets, and White Papers

Paper: Deploying Open Community Solutions in i5/OS (PDF, 290 KB)

Redbook: Discovering MySQL on i5/OS

Article: MySQL Delivers Applications for i5/OS

Book: Getting Started with PHP for i5/OS, by Brian Kelly

Brochure: MySQL for i5/OS (PDF, 63 KB)

Redbook: PHP: Zend for i5/OS

Redbook: Building SOA-based Solutions for System i

Brochure: System i Integration with PHP (PDF, 63 KB)

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions: IBM System i and Zend
(PDF, 164 KB)

Paper: From Net.Data to PHP: A Comparison Study (PDF, 118 KB)


Samples and Examples

Using Stored Procedures with PHP

Running MySQL on i5/OS

Running PmWiki on i5/OS

Running phpBB on i5/OS

Running SugarCRM i5/OS

Running Joomla! on i5/OS

Running Zen Cart on i5/OS

Simple PHP & DB2 Registration Page Example

PHP-Nuke-7.8 on i5/OS Example


Tools

IBM Migration Toolkit for MySQL to DB2 on i5/OS
This tool helps you convert SQL statements from MySQL to DB2 on i5/OS.

Zend Core for i5/OS available in IBM VLP
IBM's Virtual Loaner Program allows ISVs to remotely test their applications running on a System i.


Education

Zend Training - Zend offers a variety of training classes on PHP.


Community Resources

There are numerous community resources available for PHP, including:

Zend Forums for i5/OS – a place to ask questions and share experiences

Zend Developer Zone – a source of news and articles on PHP

i5.php.net – a community site focused on PHP on i5/OS

php.net – the opensource PHP site

IBM Developer Works – Project information for PHP developers


Announcements

IBM: Zend delivers PHP Software for System i (US)

IBM: Zend Platform for i5/OS (US)

IBM: System i Value Pack for Zend and MySQL


System i Requirements

Requirements for Zend Core and Platform for i5/OS:

i5/OS V5R4

i5/OS V5R3
·  Zend Core for i5/OS Version 1.6 or later required
·  i5/OS V5R3 database PTF SI25802 is required
·  Zend Core for i5/OS does not support remote debugging from a Zend Studio client.

Plus
·  Portable App Solutions Environment    335722ss1
·  Qshell305722ss1
·  System Openness Includes135722ss1
·  Digital Certificate Manager345722ss1
·  IBM Portable Utilities For i5/OS*base    5733sc1
·  OpenSSH ,OpenSST,Zlib15733sc1
·  Crypto Access Provider    128 bit*base5722ac3

System i servers that run i5/OS V5R4 or V5R3



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