This year’s ZendCon (Oct. 20-22, 2009, in San Jose, Calif.), the premier PHP conference, features several presentations about developing with PHP on the IBM i, including one by me!
Come hear me speak about “Zend Framework for Enterprise PHP on IBM i” on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at 4pm.
For details, go to http://www.zendcon.com.
UPDATE: As of 2020, we recommend using Seiden PHP on IBM i and LINUX for reliability, speed, and ease of maintenance.
We won! IBM has recognized my use of PHP and Zend Framework, and our entire team’s RPG/DB2 and design work, by naming our web solution the IBM i’s most innovative of 2009.
At IBM’s 2009 COMMON conference, IBM awarded the Power Systems Innovation Award for Best Web Solution for eBiz@ABG. The site, developed with my colleagues at Strategic Business Systems, Inc., was created for New Jersey’s largest wine and spirits wholesaler, Allied Beverage Group.
The system offers product ordering, live inventory levels and pricing, and a full-text search of Allied’s large product catalog. The application was built with Zend Framework (the leading PHP framework) and runs entirely on Allied’s IBM i, leveraging Allied’s db2 database and time-tested RPG logic.
The site is password-protected, so unfortunately I can’t link to it here.
eBiz@ABG is one of the first sites to be built with Zend Framework on IBM i (System i, i5, iSeries, AS/400). It was a true collaboration with Allied, made easier because we all spoke the language of “i.” What’s more, by using large chunks of Allied’s existing RPG code that already handled the complex business logic, we saved time and avoided reinventing the wheel.
Zend Framework worked so well that I committed to mastering it and teaching the community about it. (ZF has a learning curve, but after that curve is mastered, ZF speeds development and offers easy maintenance and growth.) I earned my Zend Framework certification in August 2008, becoming one of the first 50 worldwide to do so and the first ZF-certified “i” professional. Since then, I’ve gone on to be a ZF/i mentor for other development teams, and have become a public speaker, sharing my PHP/ZF/i roadmap at conferences.
Thanks to Allied for the opportunity to collaborate on a great project; thanks to Strategic Business Systems for the support; and thanks to IBM for the award.
We’d love to meet you at one of our upcoming events or speaking engagements.
EVENT ORGANIZERS can find our current list of sessions/labs here.
Below you’ll find a sampling of handouts and links to other resources.
Both PHP 7.3 and Zend Server Basic enter end of life in 2021. Jesse Gorzinski and Alan Seiden brief us on how recent changes to PHP have improved the PHP experience and greatly simplified PHP upgrades, as well as how the new upgrade process works.
It’s not always easy to locate the official documentation for all features of DB2 for IBM i. Google Search often returns irrelevant results from other varieties of DB2 or from older versions. Yet complete reference manuals are available for almost every aspect of DB2 on i. Here are links to some of my favorites.
PHP developers have an easy way to access IBM i resources such as RPG and COBOL programs, system commands, data areas, and more, using a free, flexible, open source toolkit.
If your web application runs slowly, your reputation and business could suffer. You need “Web Performance First Aid.” Discussed are free tools that help diagnose performance bottlenecks, tips for configuring a speedy Apache web server, and how to make best use of the unique characteristics of IBM i.
Tips to help computer workers avoid repetitive strain injury and stay poised at work. Includes how to arrange your computer workstation and learn healthy postural habits. A personal approach that blends my years of work as a software developer with my training as a Feldenkrais® teacher.
A departure from my usual PHP talks, I discuss browser-based tools that help with client-side tasks such as performance diagnostics, page analysis, HTTP flow analysis, the ability to step through JavaScript, and much more. Learn how to become a better web developer with free downloadable browser tools.
We look forward to hearing from you via the form below or by:
Phone: 201.447.2437 | Email: alan@seidengroup.com
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Alan helps organizations enrich their IBM i applications with APIs, open source technologies, Db2 for i, and RPG business logic. He and his team provide large and small IT teams with strategic advice, hands-on development, and support. Recognized as an IBM Champion, Alan cultivates a strong, resilient IBM i community by fostering new talent for IBM i as well as new open source options. He mentors the next generation in extending the capabilities of the IBM i platform with their open source skills. He has also led the adoption of modern PHP with Seiden’s PHP+ and Smart Support; co-developed the popular PHP Toolkit with IBM; and was the first to offer full-stack support for PHP, Python, and Node.js on IBM i. An award-winning speaker, Alan has been called “the performance guru of PHP on IBM i.” He shares his expertise regularly through his blog as well as at conferences and user groups such as COMMON PowerUp, MAGiC, the Northeast User Groups Conference, OCEAN, WMCPA, and COMMON Europe. In his spare time, Alan plays the trombone and practices the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education.
Skype: aseiden
2005: Alan started working with PHP on the IBM i in 2005 (even before Zend Core!)
2006: Alan wrote the first article detailing PHP’s coming to the i5, interviewing Zend co-founder Andi Gutmans.
2008: Zend Framework certification. Alan received the first in the “i” community, and his was among the first 50 worldwide on all platforms combined.
2009: IBM/COMMON honored Alan with the Power Systems Innovation Award for “Best Web Application” for Allied Beverage Group’s e-commerce site, developed with the team at Strategic Business Systems using PHP and Zend Framework on IBM i.
2009: Alan co-founded the first Zend Framework user group with Zend’s Ed Kietlinski in New York City.
2011: Alan took on the roles of product manager and co-developer of the PHP Toolkit for IBM i.
2011: Alan’s blog named a “Top 10 IBM i Blog” by IT Jungle.
2012: Alan launched Alan Seiden Consulting.
2015: Alan founded Club Seiden, the online PHP Community Forum.
2016: Alan was honored with COMMON’s Al Barsa Memorial Scholarship.
2016: Alan Seiden Consulting grows into Seiden Group.
2017: Seiden Group hosts their first CIO Summit in Manhattan.
2018: IBM names Alan an IBM Champion for IBM Power Systems
2019: Three Seiden Group consultants earn IBM Champion status for IBM Power Systems: Alan, Stephanie Rabbani, and Josh Hall.
2019: Liam Allan, also an IBM Champion, joins Seiden Group in April 2019.
2020: Seiden Group announces migration and support services for PHP.
2020: IBM i Fresh Face Calvin Buckley joins Seiden Group.
2020: Seiden Group partners with Chubu System Co., Ltd to enhance PHP’s ibm_db2 module to support double byte character sets and to provide PHP support services in Japan.
2020: Seiden Group releases license-free CommunityPlus+ PHP.
2021: IBM recognizes Seiden Group as the source of IBM i support for PHP’s ibm_db2 and PDO_IBM modules.
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From the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), where Alan mentored the team in PHP and ZF on IBM i
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As dynamic web sites change, their links quickly become obsolete. Before users complain, or search engine indexes grow stale, professional webmasters use software to find those broken links. While free services such as W3 Validator are fine for occasional use, serious web sites require a service that does the following:
LinkTiger broken link checker is the best service I’ve found. It graphically shows you exactly where your broken links are. A service such as this is great for dynamic websites, to ensure that search engines and users can see all your pages.
At last night’s NY-PHP gathering, a fellow PHP’er and I discussed PHP frameworks. I told her I was developing an e-commerce site using Zend Framework. She replied that she’d been considering frameworks, especially Cake and Symfony, “but I’m not sure I need a framework at all. I write my own SQL; my apps work fine. What would a framework do for me?”
Setting aside the differences between PHP frameworks, I’m aware of at least 4 reasons to use them:
Developers may understandably wonder if mastering a framework is worth the learning curve. In my opinion, the effort to learn a framework will be repaid with applications that are well structured, flexible, and easily maintained.
Mantis/400 adds DB2 support to Mantis, the popular PHP-based bug tracking application. I programmed the upgrade with Ira Chandler of Curbstone Corporation, personnel from IBM and Zend, and Mantis’s Victor Boctor.
Mantis/400 runs on IBM System i (formerly AS/400), using Zend Core for i5.
Even before we got involved, Mantis supported several databases, thanks to the ADOdb Database Abstraction Library for PHP (and Python). ADOdb’s support of DB2 needed help, though, so we improved it, particularly for System i’s version of DB2.
I recommend the open-source process to anyone who enjoys learning a lot and meeting good people. Our team zestily shared knowledge and discoveries.
More information is available in Alex Woodie’s story in IT Jungle: Mantis Bug Tracker Ported to i5/OS.
These resources are a good start for anyone learning secure PHP programming practices.
Eye strain is a common complaint from computer users, but eyes aren’t the only part of the body that can hurt. Neck pain and backaches can also result from poor visual ergonomics.
In my latest article, Protect Your Eyes Against Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) (requires free registration after about May 18, 2007), I show several ways to keep your eyes comfortable at the computer.
People who wear bifocals or trifocals should consider occupational progressive lenses, glasses that are made especially for daily computer use. These special glasses can resolve painful postural problems.
Money-saving tip: if you need to buy special (occupational) glasses for computer use, you may not need to buy new frames. Your optician will be happy to use old frames that you might have saved from old prescriptions.