Re: Getting PHP to write back to a data queue

[Shalom Carmel <shalom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

lol, yes too easy :))

By tying your code into the platform you lose modularity and agility.
That is the strength of modular programming, and that is why nearly
everything on Unix/Linux/PASE and even windows, uses stdout and stdin
along with piping and redirection.

your php script does something and writes the result to stdout. At
some point you may want to deploy your code on another non i platform,
or may want to do something else based on the output.

Regards,
Shalom Carmel
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www.hackingiseries.com




> from: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [WEB400] Getting PHP to write back to a data queue
>
> Too easy!!
>
> BMay@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Why not just use i5_dtaq_send directly in the PHP code?
> >
> > Brian May
> > Project Lead
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> >
> > Shalom Carmel <shalom@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent by: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 09/15/2009 09:42 AM
> > Please respond to
> > Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > Subject
> > [WEB400] Getting PHP to write back to a data queue
> >
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> >
> > It is actually simpler than it seems. The xargs utility is great at
> > intercepting standard output and doing stuff with it, like passing it
> > to another program.
> >
> > Step 1: Write a CL program wrapper for the QSNDDTAQ API. Let's call it
> > P1 and let it accept a string and a queue name.
> > Step 2: pipe the stdout of the php script to the xargs PASE tool, like
> > this:
> >
> > yourPHPscript.sh | xargs -i system "call P1 '{}' queuename"
> >
> > I like this approach because it promotes writing modular programs,
> > although there is a slight performance penalty.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Shalom Carmel
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> > www.hackingiseries.com