Quick Start: PHP for RPG Programmers
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Topics Include
- What is PHP
- Why use PHP: The benefits for RPG programmers
- Introduction to HTML: tags, tables, forms; embedding PHP into HTML, HTML into PHP
- Increasing code efficiency & performance through Zend Studio for i5 (includes code completion, syntax highlighting, context sensitive templates for Toolkit, etc.)
- Debugging Tools
- Zend Core management
- Connecting to a DB2 data source & accessing data
- I5 PHP API Toolkit
- Customizing Open Source applications
- Creating & consuming Web Services from PHP Participants course materials include a PHP & API Toolkit Job Aid
Participant’s course materials include a PHP & API Toolkit Job Aid.
* This is not a comprehensive PHP class. For in-depth instruction on the PHP language, we recommend taking the PHP I: Foundations class as a next step.
Prerequisite(s)
Extensive RPG Programming experience.
Objective
To give RPG programmers a brief overview of the PHP programming language and the PHP API Toolkit for i5.
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The course demonstrates to experienced RPG programmers the value of PHP programming via providing an easy & robust method to move their applications online, to the Internet or company's Intranet. This 8-hour course begins with some basics on both the PHP language & HTML, then shows you how to exploit key features within Zend Studio to improve your coding & debugging processes. It then discusses Zend Core & the full-featured PHP API Toolkit. Along the way, you'll learn how to access your existing files & objects, as well as how to harness the power of thousands of open source applications in providing custom solutions for your projects. The course will feature numerous interactive examples, & optional homework assignments will offer hands-on practice with the principles you learn. |
Audience
This course is designed for active programmers with practical experience developing applications for the i5 system using RPG (or COBOL), who want to explore using PHP to create web-based application front-ends for existing RPG applications, or who want to take advantage of the many open source applications available on the web.*
- Training
- Courses
- PHP I: Foundations
- PHP I: Foundations (i5/OS Programmers)
- PHP II: Higher Structures
- Migrating Your Web Applications From PHP 4 to PHP 5
- PHP Certification
- PHP for Experienced Programmers
- PHP for RPG Programmers
- Building PHP Applications Using Zend Framework
- PHP Security
- PHP & Ajax
- Zend Studio for Eclipse
- Zend Studio & Zend Platform for Developers
- Zend Platform for System Administrators
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- Training Partners
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