Welcome to the Zend IBM i Newsletter - a newsletter dedicated to PHP for the IBM i community.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS

PHP 2012 - the best place to learn about PHP and IBM i!
October 22-25, 2012

ZendCon, the premier PHP conference, will include a special track of sessions discussing how to leverage the best of both PHP and IBM i. Join renowned speakers including John Valance, Alan Seiden and Tony Cairns from IBM. Visit with IBM in the exhibit hall and attend a special reception for IBM i attendees hosted by BCD and Zend. Sessions will include:

  • PHP – Beyond the Basics
  • The New PHP Toolkit from Zend and IBM
  • DB2 and PHP: Best Practices on IBM i

 

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Zend Framework 2 released!

New features, new capabilities, and a new MVC model: the most popular PHP framework is now better than ever! Take advantage of new components like ModuleManager, EventManager and ZendCrypt to build the best PHP apps ever.

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Hotfixes for all!

If you are running Zend Server 5.6, take advantage of the PTF delivery mechanism for updates to the stack:

  • Hotfix 2 – Important bug fixes for Zend Server 5.6
  • Hotfix 3 – Updates your stack to PHP 5.3.14 and Zend Framework 1.11.12
  • Hotfix 4 – Updates Zend Framework to 1.12
  • Hotfix 5 – Adds Zend Framework 2.0
  • XML Toolkit Update – Gets you up to date on the new toolkit with one easy PTF application

 

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UPCOMING WEBINARS

WEBINAR: Spreadsheet Integration with PHP, DB2 and IBM i
October 10, 2012 - 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT, 5:00pm BST, 6:00pm CEDT

Extracting data and uploading information to DB2 on IBM i has been a very popular activity. Client access does a wonderful job but sometimes you want something with a little smaller footprint, or none at all. Join this webinar to explore several ways to integrate spreadsheet processing and PHP scripts to deliver a variety of solutions.

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WEBINAR: Zend Framework 2 and IBM i
December 11, 2012 - 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST, 5:00pm GMT, 6:00pm CET

Mike Pavlak and Alan Seiden will explore the most exciting revision to the hugely popular Zend Framework and how it relates to IBM i. Ease of use and improved performance are only a couple of the many reasons to explore ZF2 for IBM i.

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RESOURCES

Zend Smart Start: accelerating time-to-PHP and Zend

Zend Professional Services offers Zend Smart Start for IBM i - designed to help customers who rely on the power of IBM i to rapidly modernize and adopt PHP for their web application projects.

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Recorded webinars about PHP on IBM

Check out recorded webinars on topics like open source installation, Zend Server for IBM i, RPG report migration to the Web, and much more.

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UPCOMING TRAINING

Online trainings offer students the opportunity to learn from expert instructors in 2 hr per day sessions. Courses offer real-life examples and interactive hands-on training to sharpen existing skills and add new ones.

PHP II: Higher Structures Training

This class is designed for novice PHP developers who want to further advance their skills in the PHP language and already know the basics of PHP syntax, language constructs, and web site functionality.
Oct. 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 & 19
Oct. 29, 31, Nov. 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14 & 16
Dec. 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19 & 21

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