i5/OS PHP Enabling Technology

Zend for i5/OS is a complete, all-in-one PHP development and production environment fully integrated with the innovative i5/OS platform.

Why Zend for i5/OS?

With 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, such as forums, blogs and wikis. With its improved productivity and rapid deployment, PHP is a natural fit for i5/OS customers and developers.

Zend Core for i5/OS

Zend Core is a fully tested and enhanced version of the open source language 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.

Zend Studio for i5/OS

Zend Studio is an 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, optimisation, database tools and testing, Zend Studio speeds development cycles and simplifies complex projects. Zend Studio Professional for i5/OS is enhanced to work with integration toolkit provided with Zend Core on i5/OS.

Zend Platform for i5/OS

Zend and IBM have partnered to deliver Zend Platform for i5/OS, a high quality solution that provides System i businesses with a PHP application server that helps ensure that PHP application 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. Zend Platform can deliver application uptime and reliability through enhanced PHP monitoring and immediate problem resolution.