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Quick Start: PHP for RPG Programmer

Zend PHP Training - Learn PHP from the experts

Designed for active RPG programmers - teaching them how to transition to PHP and add value to their current projects through increased coding efficiency & wider availability via Internet/Intranet.

Additional Information $600  

How do I schedule my preferred training date?

After purchasing your Zend Online Training, email the Training team itraining@zend.com to register for the class. Please include first name, last name and email address of each participant. Detailed login and class instructions are sent 1-2 days prior to the start of the first session.

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    • PHP I: Foundations (i5 version)

      The perfect companion to "PHP for RPG". After familiarizing yourself with the basics of PHP, dive much deeper with this comprehensive course that will take you from novice to fluent PHP programmer!


This course demonstrates the value of PHP by providing easy & robust methods for moving RPG applications to the Internet or company's Intranet.

Training begins with PHP & HTML basics  and shows you how to exploit key features of Zend Studio - to improve coding & debugging processes. It then discusses Zend Core & the full-featured PHP API Toolkit. You'll also learn how to access your existing files & objects, as well as how to harness the power of thousands of open source applications to provide custom solutions for your projects.

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

Please note, this is not a full PHP class. For further instruction on the PHP language, please consider PHP I:  Foundations.

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Please Note: Registrations are accepted on a space available basis and no later than 24 business hours prior to the start of the class.