I introduced a few of our programmers to Zend Core i5. We only covered
the most basic information and wrote a couple of hello world scripts. I
hope you find this useful:
See Where Zend Core is Located
1. Open iSeries Navigator. You will need all components of iSeries
Navigator installed so you can
access the IFS.
2. Navigate to /www/zendcore. This is the home of Zend Core.
3. Navigate to /www/zendcore/htdocs. This is where you put all HTML and
PHP files to be
viewed in a browser.
Make Sure the Zend Core is Running
1. Open a browser and navigate to
http://myas400:89/.
2. If you see the welcome page, Zend Core is running.
3. If you don't see the welcome page, stop and re-start the Zend Core.
a) Sign on to your as400.
b) Enter the command GO ZENDCORE/ZCMENU.
c) Take option 5 Service Management menu.
d) Take option 9 End i5_COMD service. Wait for messages.
e) Take option 5 Stop Apache server instances. Wait for
messages.
f) Take option 2 Stop Zend Core Subsystem. Wait for messages.
g) Take option 1 Start Zend Core Subsystem. Wait for messages.
h) Take option 4 Start Apache server instances. Wait for
messages.
i) Take option 8 Start i5_COMD service. Wait for messages.
Set Up Zend Studio i5 Edition
1. Register to create an account with Zend:
https://www.zend.com/en/user/login (click on the
"Create a Zend Account" link).
2. Download the Zend Studio i5 Edition:
http://www.zend.com/en/products/studio/downloads
(click the "Zend Studio i5 Edition" radio button and select the "Windows
x86" package).
3. Download and install the studio. Take default options (if any).
4. Sign on to your as400.
5. Enter the command DSPSYSVAL QSRLNBR.
6. Open Zend Studio.
7. Click the "purchase license" link in the Help menu.
8. Use the serial number of your as400 to create a license (say yes to
the email option).
9. Enter your license in Zend Studio.
Create a Personal Development Space
1. Create an SSH Only connection to myas400.
a) Click the Remote Systems tab.
b) Click the "Define a connection to a remote system" icon.
c) Click the SSH Only option to highlight it, then click the
Next button.
d) Enter as400 name for host name, connection name, and
description.
e) Click the Finish button. Say yes to creating or accepting
keys.
2. Click on the new connection and sign in to myas400.
3. Navigate to /www/zendcore/htdocs.
4. Right click on htdocs and select the option to create a new folder
(e.g., myfolder).
5. Open a browser and navigate to your development folder:
http://myas400name:89/myfolder/
Create Hello World Scripts
1. Hello World script. Save as hello_world.php in
/www/zendcore/htdocs/myfolder. To view the page, open a browser and
navigate to
http://myas400name:89/myfolder/hello_world.php.
<?php
Print ("Hello, World! This is my first PHP program on the iSeries.");
?>
2. Hello DB2 script. Save as hello_db2.php in
/www/zendcore/htdocs/myfolder. To view the page, open a browser and
navigate to
http://myas400name:89/myfolder/hello_db2.php.
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table border = "1">
<tr><th>Column Name 1</th><th>Column Name 2</th><th>Column Name
3</th></tr>
<?php
$conn = i5_connect("myas400", "myusername", "mypassword");
$query = i5_query("SELECT * FROM MYLIB/MYFILE");
if($query) {
while ($values = i5_fetch_row($query, I5_READ_NEXT)) {
$row_count++;
print
("<tr><td>$values[0]</td><td>$values[1]</td><td>$values[2]</td></tr>");
}
}
?>
</table>
</body>
</html>
What Next?
Learn the Basics
PHP tutorial:
http://www.w3schools.com/php/
PHP Toolkit:
http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Core-i5-Help/i5_php_api_toolkit.htm
HTML tutorial:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/
CSS tutorial:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/
Make Use of Zend Resources
Support tickets:
http://www.zend.com/support-center/index
(look for "Submit a Support Ticket" in lower right of page)
Forums:
http://forums.zend.com/
(look for PHP ON IBM I forums)
PHP Developer Zone:
http://devzone.zend.com/public/view
Documentation Zend Core:
http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Core-i5/zend-core-i5.htm
Documentation Zend Studio:
http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Studio-i5/zend-studio-i5.htm
Get the IBM Redbook
PHP: Zend for i5/OS:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247327.html?Open
-- Kelly
midrange.com
