PHP Toolkit for IBM i

PHP Toolkit for IBM i is a Zend Server for IBM i extension. The PHP ToolKit for IBM i enables Zend Server for IBM i to interact with native i5/OS services.

The PHP APIs enable PHP programs to access System objects such as RPG/COBOL/Java programs, CL commands, Data Queue, Spooled file, etc. These APIs expose the PHP Object Oriented programming interface.

From an architectural standpoint, PHP functionality is implemented as a PHP extension that is enabled during the Zend Server for IBM i Installation process.

The extension implements the client side of the interface.

A server, implementing the native IBM i interface, is installed on the IBM i machine as a native IBM i service.

PHP Toolkit Classes (sample)

The PHP Toolkit also offers sample classes for developers who are comfortable using object oriented (OO) methods in PHP.

PHP Toolkit classes can be found in the directory /usr/local/zendsvr/apache2/htdocs/.

This directory contains the i5 Toolkit classes file "Toolkit_classes.php", and the "demo_for_toolkit_classes.php" sample program, which utilizes the Toolkit classes.

The i5 Toolkit class library contains the following classes:

• i5_Connection - Connection class
• i5_Description - Data type definition class
• i5_Program - Program call class
• i5_DataQueue - Data Queue class
• i5_DataQueueKey - Keyed Data Queue class
• i5_SpoolList - Spooled file list class
• i5_Userspace_Create - User Space create class
• i5_Userspace_Delete - User Space delete class
• i5_UserspaceManage - User Space read/write class
• i5_DataAreas - Data Area class
• i5_JobLogs - Job log class
• i5_ActiveJobs - Active Jobs Jobs contain information about a specific Job (script to run) that you have set to run in your environment. class
• i5_ObjectListing - Object list class
• i5_NativeFileAccess - Database class

 INSTALLATION

No special installation is required, just place the PHP Toolkit class file "Toolkit_classes.php" in the same directory as your PHP program.

Zend Studio IDE templates

Zend Studio IDE for IBM i comes complete with PHP Toolkit function Code Assist and Templates containing PHP API Toolkit functions.

For a full list of these functions, see IBM i Toolkit Templates.