Re: PHP to RPG - "tight" integration

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sigh!  So much to do and learn.

We got our V5R4M0 box two weeks ago and I haven't had a chance to get 
PHP installed, but I am very interested in this.  You have uncovered 
some nuggets that I have not.  I was a bit deflated at the announcement 
last spring of the PHP release for V5R4M0 since it sounded like a 
retread of PHP in PASE.  These links seem to indicate otherwise

I'm downloading it now and I'll give it a whirl if I ever get the 
chance.  It all *looks* promising. Time will tell.

Pete


albartell wrote:
> I just got done reading this article on iSeries News :
> http://tinyurl.com/jysgd
>  
> One particular quote that caught my eye was "But beyond the reengineering,
> the most challenging task was building tight integration with RPG, Pinette
> says."
>  
> So now I am REALLY curious because if they did things right it could be the
> one better than what the IBM PCML Java team considers tight integration to
> RPG.  Does anyone know how they are integrating?  Right now I don't have
> access to a V5R4 machine otherwise I would check it out for myself.  The
> user manual doesn't give me much to go on. Below is the example from the
> Zend_Core_i5OS_User_Guide.pdf.
>  
> $prog = i5_program_open("DEMOPGM");.
> if(i5_program_call($prog, array(1,2,"abc"))) {.
>   $result = each_fetch_assoc($prog);.
>   print "result is $result['retval']<br>";.
> } else {.
>   print "Program call failed.<br>";.
> }.
>  
> On another related note I checked up on the Zend PHP site
> (http://www.zend.com/products/zend_core/zend_for_i5_os)
> <http://www.zend.com/products/zend_core/zend_for_i5_os) and>  and found this
> tidbit: "Easily "webify" existing i5/OS applications" - so are they
> intercepting the 5250 data stream and putting it out to the browser?  Is
> this similar to what they are doing with HATS or WebFacing?
>  
>  
> Another interesting piece of information is that the Zend Studio IDE is
> being promoted as the development environment (or maybe a better way to say
> it - eclipse is NOT being used for the PHP i5 development, though you could
> use a variety of eclipse PHP plugins).
>  
>  <http://tinyurl.com/r58cp>  
> One last piece of interesting information.  This page:
> <http://tinyurl.com/r58cp> http://tinyurl.com/r58cp shows pricing for
> support and the Zend Studio IDE.  Note that support obviously costs money,
> but the IDE does not!  This is interesting because the general public that
> purchases Zend Studio has to pay $99 per seat.  Hopefully this is true
> because that will allow RPG'ers to "play around" with PHP, at no charge, to
> get comfortable with it before they fight the battle of getting it accepted
> into their shops.  Am I on the right page?  
>  
> Comments anyone?
>  
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>