Re: PHP to RPG - "tight" integration

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not yet ready to dive into php, but wonder how the i5 version will
handle the current scripted attacks I see daily in my Apache weblogs.
I get a mix of close to a hundred win, unix and php scripts every day.
jim franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Helgren" <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries" <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] PHP to RPG - "tight" integration


> 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
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