Zend and IBM i

Overview

Benefits

Products

Getting started

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

Developing PHP Application for IBM i
This roadmap helps IBM i Web application developers create applications for PHP with Zend Core for IBM i.

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

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

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, 63KB)

Redbook: PHP: Zend for i5/OS

Redbook: Building SOA-based Solutions for System i

Brochure: System i Integration with PHP (PDF, 96.5KB)

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

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

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

There are numerous community resources available for PHP, including:

Zend Forums for i – a place to ask questions and share experiences

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

php.net – the opensource PHP site

IBM Developer Works – Project information for PHP developers

IBM: IBM Provides PHP support with IBM i

IBM: System i Value Pack for Zend and MySQL

IBM: Zend Platform for i5/OS

IBM: Zend delivers PHP Software for System i

Requirements for Zend Core and Platform for IBM i:

IBM i 6.1

IBM i 5.4

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.

Power Systems that run IBM i 6.1, 5,4 or V5R3