Re: native PHP in V5R4???

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> By "native" I was under the impression that the "native" port was not
just a set of binaries that ran in PASE but that PHP would be interpreted by
programs running in the native i5/OS.  Perhaps I was mistaken about how
"native" the port was to be.

You weren't the only one.  I sat in on an IBM PHP session in the UK while
presenting at a conference there in December.  After a while it became
obvious that the V5R4 release was still a PASE-only option.  So, I asked the
instructor to confirm that because like you I was of the belief that it
would be a true native port like Apache.  

The answer was PASE only.  As far as I can tell the only difference from the
currently available release is that it will be officially sanctioned by IBM.
No access to native function other than the normal ODBC.

Very, very disappointing.  It should have been the "no brainer"
accompaniment to CGI programs as an alternative to WebSphere.  The wide
range of free/nearly free capabilities from message boards to e-mail to ....
Would have helped more small shops get started.  The fact that you've got to
mess with PASE _and_ configure two instances of Apache to work together in
order to have a decent mixed environment with (say) CGIDEV2 or WebSmart, or
.... Is just going to raise the barriers to entry.  You can't even call an
existing program without learning how to set it up as a stored procedure.
Bummer.

Poor job IBM - If you can produce a native version of Apache - how hard was
it to do the same for PHP?

Jon Paris
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