5250 to Web: PHP Case Study on IBM i Alan Seiden PHP on IBM i consultant/developer email:
[email protected] blog: http://alanseiden.com Strategic Business Systems, Inc. • Developing Web apps on IBM i (and iSeries, i5...) since 1996 • Based in Ramsey, New Jersey • IBM Business Partner . Power Systems hardware, software development, consulting • Zend Business Partner . Working with Zend since they brought PHP to IBM i in 2006 . We offer Zend’s training and Zend Server software to complement our own consulting/development services Alan Seiden, Strategic Business Systems 5250 to Web: PHP Case Study on IBM i | | 2 Alan Seiden PHP on IBM i Developer / Consultant / Mentor • Contributor to IBM’s Redbook PHP: Zend Core for i5/OS • First IBM i developer certified in Zend Framework • Developer of IBM/COMMON’s “Best Web Solution” of 2009 Contact:
[email protected] or 201-327-9400 Blog/articles: http://alanseiden.com Alan Seiden, Strategic Business Systems 5250 to Web: PHP Case Study on IBM i | | 3 What we’ll discuss today • Update on Zend Server (new PHP install for i) • PHP basics quick overview . Focus on two ways to call CL/RPG from PHP • Case study: re-imagine green screens as web • Tips and techniques • Questions Alan Seiden, Strategic Business Systems 5250 to Web: PHP Case Study on IBM i | | 4 PHP’s growth as web dev language (as of 2007) 34% of the internet runs on PHP ZF and PDT released, PHP 4 EOL 37% growth in PHP developers announced Zend Framework & Eclipse project (PDT) announced; i5/OS support 25M IBM, Oracle PHP 4 Endorse PHP Released