Re: native PHP in V5R4???

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It is all about what you are familiar with.  PHP has it's own learning 
curve but it isn't insurmountable.  The best thing about it is that 
there are tons of tutorials and examples available on the web so it is 
relatively easy to find a solution to a particular problem.

While I was at fall Common I picked up a set of PHP tutorials that were 
oriented to the iSeries.  It assumes you have PHP installed in PASE and 
then shows how to retrieve information by running iSeries commands and 
outputting the data (after some very basic "Hello World" tutorials...).

You can find them on a web site I set up a while back 
www.opensource4iseries.com.  Click on the "Pete's Common Presentation" 
link and then click on the link for the PHP tutorial.  It is in a zip 
file with no setup instructions but I can help you out if you are 
interested.  Start by launching edit.php page.

Pete Helgren


Gerald Magnuson wrote:

> I mean easier, here, where I work..
> We have a older flavor of CGIDEV programs, while we have a guy coding
> the latest and greatest stuff with PHP...
> Honestly, I have only done web apps via CGIDEV, and I'm sure that we
> could definitely streamline some of those processes.
> Well, it appears I was incorrect about PHP being native to i5OS V5R4,
> could I also be wrong about PHP being better than CDIDEV???
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> From: Mike Cunningham [mailto:MCUNNING@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:32 PM
> To: Gerald Magnuson; Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] native PHP in V5R4???
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> Explain the easier comment for accessing DB2 ?  CGIDEV uses native RPG
> Database IO that in my opinion is faster and easier and gives you more
> control that other methods like SQL. 
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> Eric Kempter wrote (in part...)
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> > > Are we in effect asking for a native version of UNIX rather than
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> just >>PHP?  I look forward to reading everyone's opinion.
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> I see PHP as a form of DDS-5250 replacement...
> (yes, it is so much more...)  I see that PHP pushes
> And pulls from the DB2 database so much easier than CGIDEV.
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> My $.02 worth
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