When: May 21, 2020 @ 3:30 eastern

Where: On-line

Presented By: Richard Schoen and Alan Seiden

Until this year there was no easy way to develop and deploy PHP web applications natively on IBM i without installing Zend Server. In early 2020, IBM in conjunction with Zend released a new set of FREE Community supported RPM based installers for PHP. The new RPM installers allow PHP to be installed and ready for development within an hour or less. Even though the new RPM versions are available you will need to review your existing application code and usage of DB2 data to make sure your applications will run efficiently under the new IBM i PHP environment. These Community versions of PHP open up a whole new world of support options for PHP on IBM i. Join Richard Schoen and Alan Seiden as they give you a tour of the new Community IBM i PHP environment and help you decide if you’re ready to expand your PHP horizons. You won’t want to miss this inspiring PHP technical session.

Richard Schoen Bio
Richard has over 30 years of software development, system integration, document management and process automation experience on all system platforms including IBM i, Windows, Linux and Mac. Richard started RJS Software Systems in 1990 and served as President and CTO until the company was acquired in 2014. Richard currently works for Pegasystems as a Senior Solutions Consultant. Pega provides Low Code Process Automation, Robotics (RPA), CRM and Marketing Automation software. Richard also does part time development consulting and can be reached via Web: http://www.richardschoen.net Email: richard@richardschoen.net  Twitter (@richardschoen) and LinkedIn. Richards open source development projects for IBM i and other platforms are available on Github: http://www.github.com/richardschoen

Alan Seiden Bio
Alan Seiden founded Seiden Group to modernize IBM i applications using open source web technologies such as PHP, Python, Node.js, and DB2 for i and RPG business logic. Recognized as an IBM Champion, Alan hosts the CIO Summit twice per year. He and his team work with the best minds in the industry to provide objective advice and hands-on development. Alan co-developed the popular PHP Toolkit with IBM; was one of the first Zend Framework certified engineers; co-founder of the NYC Zend Framework Meetup; charter member of IBM/COMMON’s PHP Advisory Board; and a consultant for IBM’s manual PHP: Zend Core for i5/OS. An award-winning speaker, Alan has been called “the performance guru of PHP on IBM i.” He shares his expertise regularly at conferences and user groups such as COMMON, ZendCon, the RPG & DB2 Summit, OMNI, the Northeast Users Group Conference, OCEAN and WMCPA. He also mentors other developers within the Club Seiden forum. In his spare time, Alan plays the trombone and studies and teaches the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education. Subscribe to Alan’s monthly newsletter Open Thinking: IBM i Strategy & Tips. https://www.seidengroup.com You can also follow Alan on Twitter (@alanseiden) and LinkedIn.

Sample app on Github:

https://github.com/richardschoen/PHPWebProjectIBMi

Presentation

The Zen of Using PHP without Zend Server by Seiden and Schoen