Re: PHP - Moving files between iSeries and other servers

[dale janus <dalejanus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott wrote:
> With QNTC the username/password have to be the same for both systems, 
>   


Am I the only one that thinks this is a major problem?  Why not allow a 
second sign on?

Oh well.....


---Dale
> the PHP is (or should be) running as NOBODY on the 400 (with no password 
> I think) so you might have to call an RPG that would switch user 
> profiles then do the transfer maybe?
> Or call an RPG that does the FTP, check out
> http://www.tylogix.com/
> or
> http://www.scottklement.com/ftpapi/
>
> I just responded to your post on the Zend forums also,
>
> I don't have access to the 400 right now, but you can try this to see if 
> FTP from PHP is even available. (I wasn't able to test this)
>
> <?php
> if (function_exists('ftp_connect'))
> {
>     echo "FTP functions exist";
> }
> else
> {
>     echo "No FTP functions available.";
> }
> ?>
>
>
> Let us know what you find.
>
> Scott
>
> Kelly Cookson wrote:
>   
> > Good idea. You're probably on the right track with QNTC being the way to use the filesystem classes. 
> >
> > I found my remote server in the QNTC file system. I tried using "/QNTC/MYSERVER/MYDIR/filename.txt". But it still didn't work. 
> >
> > It's also kind of frustrating that I can get FTP to work from the debugger on my laptop, but the same scripts won't work in the Zend Core in i5.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kelly
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen
> > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:45 PM
> > To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: [WEB400] PHP - Moving files between iSeries and other servers
> >
> > Kelly Cookson skrev:
> >     
> > > How do I use FTP or the filesystem classes to move files back and forth
> > > between the iSeries and remote servers\directories? 
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > When I try this code:
> > >
> > >
> > >  $toFile = "\\\\MyServer\\MyDirectory\\php_filesystem_test.txt";
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > The snippet uses Windows-syntax -- \\myserver\mydirectory ... - to reach 
> > remote servers which only works on Windows servers.
> >
> > You need to find the IFS-name which does the same.  A guess would be 
> > through the /QNTC mount point.  It appears to be described here, but I 
> > don't have any personal experience with it, 
> > http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg031704-story04.html
> >
> >