With PHP developers and more than 10,000+ PHP-based applications, PHP is the most popular choice for easy and rapid enablement of modern Web applications. These include web-based collaboration and interaction applications as forums, blogs and wikis. With its improved productivity and rapid deployment, PHP is a natural fit for i5/OS customers and developers.

With Zend for i5/OS, Zend and IBM have delivered the i5/OS platform. Zend Core for i5/OS is an enhanced version of the open source PHP with resources and capabilities specific to i5/OS. Zend Studio for Eclipse i5 Edition provides specific extensions to leverage PHP Bridge Toolkit capabilities and is the preferred development platform for PHP applications on i5/OS. Zend Platform for i5/OS is the all-in-one production environment that ensures mission-critical PHP applications are always fast, reliable, available and scalable on the i5/OS platform. Zend Technologies fully supports all products.

Zend Core is a fully tested and enhanced version of the open source PHP. It provides the PHP runtime and is packaged to make the software installation easier and faster with instant PHP setup. Zend Core for i5/OS is enhanced to take advantage of i5/OS specific resources and capabilities. Zend Core includes a toolkit to access DB2 and applications on i5/OS. Zend Core is the only Zend certified and supported version of PHP for i5/OS.

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Zend Studio is a industry leading PHP Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed for professional developers, which includes all the development components necessary for the full PHP application lifecycle. Through a comprehensive set of editing, debugging, analysis, optimization, database tools and testing Zend Studio speeds development cycles and simplifies complex projects. Zend Studio for Eclipse i5 Edition is enhanced to work with integration toolkit provided with Zend Core on i5/OS.

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Zend Platform is a robust PHP Web Application Server helps applications written in PHP run smoothly at all times. Designed for IT personnel and businesses that require commercial-grade web applications in highly reliable production environments,  Zend Platform offers high performance and scalability to provide customers with an improved Web experience and response time. The new 5250 Bridge technology lets you use PHP to Web enable your existing green screen applications and leverages your existing business logic.  Zend Platform can deliver application uptime and reliability through enhanced PHP monitoring and immediate problem resolution.

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Recent System i-Specific Articles Mentioning Zend/PHP

• "Zend Builds a Bridge" - http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/idevelop/2008/02/zend-builds-a-b.html
• "Getting MySQL Working With PHP" - http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg022008-story01.html
• "Writing Reusable Service Programs" - http://systeminetwork.com/node/60047


• "Zend Introduces Eclipse-Based IDE as It Releases an Upgrade to Zend Platform" - http://www.mcpressonline.com/software-news/development-tools/utilities/zend-introduces-eclipse-based-ide-as-it-releases-an-upgrade-to-zend-platform.html
• "Valid Secure System Authentication V2R3" - http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/januaryfebruary08/productnews/18967p1.aspx?ht=
• "IBM Apache Servers Needed by PHP" - http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg021308-story01.html
• "Setting Up A PHP/Web Environment On System i: Where Do I Start?" - http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg020608-story01.html
• "The PHP Community Starts the PHP 4 Sunset, Gears Up for PHP 6" -http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb021208-story09.html
• "Zend Introduces Eclipse-Based IDE as It Releases an Upgrade to Zend Platform" - http://www.mcpressonline.com/software-news/development-tools/utilities/zend-introduces-eclipse-based-ide-as-it-releases-an-upgrade-to-zend-platform.html
• "Curbstone Offers System i Help Desk Freeware" - http://systeminetwork.com/article/hot-new-products-40
• Please view "February's In-Depth Topic: PHP " located at http://www.systeminetwork.com
• "PHP for Net.Data Programmers" by IBM's Tony Cairns
• "PHP Installation, Configuration, and Setup" by IBM's Erwin Earley
• "Essential Guide to PHP Basics on the System i" by Trippe
• Manufacturing's Mike Pavlak
• "Open-Source Web Dev Stack in i5/OS" by IBM's Erwin Earley

News

• SugarCRM Announces Sugar Enterprise Edition Compatibility with IBM i5/OS
• Is PHP for You? Answer from Don Denoncourt to a question posed by Paul Nardi
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• A Quarter Century of IBM Midrange Security and Networking Innovation
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• BCD Bringing PHP Generation to WebSmart IDE
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• Using MySQL and PHP on i: Comments
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• Conferences Put System i in the Spotlight
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• COMMON Anaheim Vendors Offer More App Modernization Tools
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• Why You Don't Want to Use DB2
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• Access MS SQL Server Database from an RPG Program
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• A UDTF For IFS Directories
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• ICS Finds the Sophisticated Side of PHP
  IT Jungle
  
• 25 Years of Application Development
  System i Network
  
• 6 More Things to Add to DB2 on the i5
  System i Network
  
• What’s Hot for the System i
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• Deploying PHP Open-Source Web Applications to the System i
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Webcasts

• "5250 Bridge and Zend Platform" presented by Jon Paris, co-founder of Partner400
• "Modernization - Zend's PHP Methodology for i5/OS" presented by Siddhartha Agarwal
• "Zend Platform for i5/OS" presented by Ed Kietlinski

White Papers

• Deploying Core, MySQL, and SugarCRM in 37 minutes