Zend Solutions for IBM i

Develop modern applications with easy-to-learn PHP

One of the advantages of developing applications with PHP and Zend is that you can develop modern web-based applications quickly.  The procedural origins of PHP makes it the ideal language for RPG developers to develop web applications.  PHP's simplicity along with Zend's development environment, PHP engine and sample code make it easy to build extensible web applications.  

Zend Studio for Eclipse i5/OS Edition, is the preferred PHP development environment to develop web applications and Web Services for the IBMi.  Zend Core for i5/OS is the PHP engine that is specifically tuned for the IBMi.  Together,  they provide the foundation for developing and deploying robust PHP applications on the IBMi.

Get started by:

• Downloading Zend Core for i5/OS
• Downloading Zend Studio for Eclipse i5/OS Edition

Extend your RPG based applications

RPG applications have been very good at what they do and rewriting them is not always an option.  Adding capability to them or exposing part of the application, however, extends the reach of your RPG investment and brings 'what works' to other areas of your business.  Developing a modern web application that can interact with your existing application logic and i5/OS resources is key to extending the reach of that application. 

Zend Solutions for i5/OS allow you to access native resources on the IBM i and  tap into the 5250 data streams to provide true interactivity between your  web application projects and  your existing business logic.

Learn more about Zend Platform's 5250 bridge

Find and fix application issues before you lose customers

Once you have a web application up and running, customers may never let you know when a problem occurs, they simply leave and never return. Even when you do discover a problem, the lack of detailed information can make it difficult to diagnose and fix errors. Standard system monitoring tools do not capture the necessary detail, at the PHP level, to replicate the error correctly and often may not detect problems at all. Through PHP intelligence feature, Zend Platform monitors your PHP applications and captures detailed information about issues immediately and before they become critical. Once captured, this information can be used by developers to replicate, diagnose and fix production problems in their development environment reducing the total time required to fix a problem.

Learn more about PHP intelligence