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Welcome to the August edition of the Zend IBM i Newsletter! This is a monthly newsletter dedicated to PHP for the IBM i community.
ZEND IBM i PRODUCT NEWS AND UPDATES
Zend Server 5.0.2 for IBM i released!
We're proud to announce that Zend Server for IBM i 5.0.2 was made generally available in late July! This release updates the PHP and Zend Framework versions, updates several extensions, adds new features to the 5250 bridge, and more. If you're already using Zend Server for IBM i 5.0.1, you can download a PTF package to update your installation to the latest release.
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PHP from an RPG Perspective, Part 3: PHPunctions, By Jon Paris
Jon Paris has been teaching PHP to RPGers for several years now, including his current series for System iNEWS. This is part 3 of the series that gives you an overview of PHP functions both built-in functions and user-defined functions.
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PHP on IBM i Tip: Maximize Zend Server PHP performance with Apache compression, By Alan Seiden
Faster web sites sell more products, create better user satisfaction, and even rank higher in Google searches. Use Zend Server's Apache-based compression to boost the download speed of your Zend Server for IBM i pages. You can compress not only PHP output, but also javascript, style sheets, and other easily compressed static content. My tests show a speed improvement of 10-50%.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Please join Doug Tidwell, IBM Cloud Evangelist, to learn the basics of the SimpleCloud API and show you how to get started.
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Whether you are new to PHP or have been developing solutions for several years, you’ll want to join Mike Pavlak and his very special guest Alison Butterill, IBM's Power Systems Application Development Offering Mgr, who will share what several customers are doing with PHP including showing how virtually any IBM i shop can start building PHP examples in as little as 1 hour!
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Mini-Conference: Vermont Technical mini-conference
September 28, 2010: Best Western Windjammer's Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington, Vermont, US
Join Alan Seiden, Zend Framework Certified Engineer, from Strategic Business Systems, Inc. who will be speaking about "PHP Batch Jobs on IBM I" at the Vermont Midrange User Group (VTMUG). Formed in April 1992 VTMUG continues to provide educational information and related presentations to IBM i community.
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PHP has become a significant component of the IBM i development portfolio. If you are interested in building a web front-end for RPG, sharing the web with REST and POX, integrating with AJAX or learning Object Oriented model of PHP, join Mike Pavlak who will be delivering various sessions on PHP and IBM i.
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Join the largest gathering of the PHP Community with a special track: PHP on IBM i and sessions that focus onleveraging the power of PHP for IBM i. IBM is a Platinum Sponsor for the conference and will be joined by noted speakers like Susan Gantner from Partner 400, Alan Seiden from Strategic Business Systems and Mike Pavlak, Zend Solutions Consultant.
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Interested in building your PHP knowledge? Zend's instructor-led online training courses will help you learn PHP quickly and easily. Each training class is delivered live, allowing for real-time interaction between instructor and participants.
Next PHP I: Foundations (IBM i) class is scheduled for Oct. 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20 & 22 from 12-2pm PDT
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