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2 At the conference Mike Pavlak Tue 8:30 Tue 10:15 Tue 2:15 Tue 3:45 Wed 8:30 Wed 10:15 Wed 2:15 Wed 2:15 Wed 3:45 What s New with Zend Server PHP101 for IBM i Standard PHP Error Processing Exploring DB2 Data Access in PHP PHP and RPG Integration Favorite Zend Studio Techniques (John) 30+ PHP Tips in 60 minutes Web Mastery with JavaScript (John) Easy Web Reports (John) 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2

3 Audience Used PHP somewhere else New to Zend PHP Looking to understand the strategic direction Need an update on the PHP stack for IBM i Anyone who does not believe third party vendors ARE investing in this space 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3

4 Agenda The players Editions & features Technical Overview Product Installation Basic Edition Features PHP changes over the years PHP Deprecations PHP 7 change review 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4

6 Who is Rogue Wave? Founded in 1989 Zend acquired in Fall of 2015 Global company with WW sales & offices Over 3000 companies in 57 countries Three major areas Libraries & embedded Tools Zend is here as brand Static code analysis Open Source Support 300 projects supported Rogue Wave helps organizations simplify complex software development, improve code quality, and shorten cycle times 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6

7 IBM Relationship History Rogue Wave is an IBM strategic business partner IBM selected Zend to bring PHP to IBM i in 2005 Beta, then Core, then Platform now Server (4 major architectures) Thousands of downloads from Zend.com Zend Server 8.5 is part of IBM i7.1, 7.2 & 7.3 (distribution media) Most current products are always available at Zend.com 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7

8 IBM Relationship FAQs What do we get? Zend Server Basic Edition Zend Studio (Licensed for IBM only!) 1 year web support and updates ( /web 72 hour response) Phone support & improved SLA available from Zend at a charge What happens after 1 year? Products will still run as perpetual license Updates and support can be purchased from Zend Without extended support, there is forum support 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8

Service Level (basic for 1 year) 2017 Rogue

13 Zend Server for IBM i Key Features Shipping with IBM i 6.1, 7.1 & 7.2 Open Source Toolkit included Guide pages and sample applications PHP 5.5, 5.6 (ZS 6.3 is LTS for PHP 5.3, ZS 7 for PHP 5.4) Zend Framework 1 & 2 PTF Update as well as full package Double upgrade feature Upgrade Zend Server & PHP version in one step! 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 13

15 Zend Server Under the Covers ILE Apache:10090 Default configuration FastCGI URL Request HTML IBM i i/os Server (FastCGI) PASE PHP file PHP CGI *PGM Zend Server CMD DB2 UDB MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 15

Zend Server Installation Requirements IBM i versions 7.

20 Zend Server Installation Requirements IBM i versions Latest group & cumulative PTFs Save File download from Zend.com Will not install on lower releases, use older products 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 20

Older Versions Long Term Support 2017 Rogue

22 Existing installations Zend Server 9.1 install side by side with Generations is 4 different LP s Core Zend Server 5 Zend Server 6,7 & 8 Zend Server 9 Using new ports Zend Server 6,7, Zend Server Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 22

23 Zend Server Version: Environments Doc Root /www Internals /usr/local 9 6,7,8 5 Core /zendphp7/htdocs /zednsvr6/htdocs Zendsvr/htdocs /zend/htdocs /zendphp7 /zendsvr6 /zendsvr /zend Default Port LP ID 7PHPZND 6ZSVRPI 2ZSVRPI 1ZCORE Library & Subsystem ZENDPHP7 ZENDSVR6 ZENDSVR ZEND 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 23

Update process User controlled PTF PTF available from Zend Updates appear

28 Leverage investments Call High level language programs via Open Source Toolkit RPG COBOL CL programs C based API s Access native IBM i resources Data Area Data Queue Spooled files 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 28

29 Optimizer Eliminates what s not needed Opcode cache Caches the PHP bytecode in RAM Significantly reduces disk access Opcode optimizer Optimizes certain code fragments to improve execution speed Now part of the free PHP 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 29

30 Data Cache Provides a set of API functions for caching data items DB query results, web service calls, complex or hard-to-get data Output elements Allows skipping slow PHP code chunks Shared memory and Disk storage backends Data can be grouped using namespaces APC user cache compatibility layer Zend Framework Zend_Cache_Backend adapters 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 30

31 Application Deployment Build package in Zend Studio (or download from somewhere) Deploy to ANY Zend Server Include in build Pre-requisites Tables Roll back with Enterprise license. For a review of the for charge features, please stop by the booth Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 31

33 PHP is a moving target Perimeter technology, next to Firewall Deprecation cycle 2 releases then gone Important to stay current Update pages at php.net Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 33

34 PHP 5.3 June 2009 Seems like it only just arrived Community in process of sunsetting Major enhancements Namespaces Like activation groups for OO-PHP Date Time object Incredible support for manipulating dates Mail function supports logging (ahem, Mr. Snowden) 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 34

35 PHP Continued Date Time Object $date = new DateTime(); echo $date->format( l, F js, Y ); output: Thursday, May 28th, 2009 $date = new DateTime( next Thursday ); echo $date->format( l, F js, Y ); Output: Thursday, June 4th, Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 35

36 PHP 5.4 March 2012 Support for OO-PHP Traits Short syntax for array processing $a = [1, 2, 3, 4]; $a = ['one' => 1, 'two' => 2, 'three' => 3, 'four' => 4]; Closures now support $this Session extension track file upload process <?= always available regardless of php.ini setting 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 36

37 PHP 5.5 June 2013 Generators Finally keyword added to try-catch block New and easier Password Hashing API List support in Foreach foreach ($array as list($a, $b)) Array and String dereferencing Opcache extension added Apache 2.4 for Windows (Ubuntu) Improvements to GD extension 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 37

38 PHP August 2014 Constant Scalar expressions Exponentiation using ** Function and constant exporting File uploads larger than 2 GB Json_decode changes SSL/TLS improvements 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 38

39 PHP 7.0 Dec 2015 Performance! Complete rebuild of the plumbing under PHP (C version 11) Fixed weird behavior on some functions Constants support arrays New operators:?? < = > Static type support Really stable at New DB2 Extension 9shared with 5.6 So much more! 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 39

40 PHP Dec 2016 Void return type, nullable types Support for negative string offsets in several string functions [ ] as alternate construct to list() Added extension enhancements Curl, SHA3, SHA512/256, etc JSON Encoder struct OpenSSL New session functions SimpleXML 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 40

41 Deprecation PHP5.3 Magic quotes Ereg()* Call time pass by reference Many, many more Register Globals PHP5.4 Mcrypt_generic_end() Mysql_list_dbs() PHP5.5 Original MySQL extension is now deprecated (Procedural) Preg_replace() /e PHP 5.6 Calls from incompatible context $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 41

42 Deprecations continued PHP 7.0 All previous deprecations finalized! construct() is the ONLY constructor supported ldap_sort password_hash() salt option Static calls to non static methods Must be declared static PHP 7.1 Extention mcrypt Abandoned in favor of OpenSSL (will be removed in 7.2) E pattern modifier for mb_ereg_replace() and mb_eregi_replace() 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 42

45 New features, cont. Performance is enhanced by cleaning up old code, etc. Faster (as discussed) Lower memory footprint (Think SLS good for us, too!) Rasmus talk in Sydney, Australia Cheatsheet: Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 45

Changes, cont. MySQL MySQLi Old extension is dead.

52 Changes, cont. JSON replaced with JSOND License change Type casting is strictly enforced. Integer is integer, not float Improved performance and memory utilization Longer payload is considerably faster (200 chars+) Typical in IBM i environments Changes should be corner cases, but please test your A JAX! 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 52

54 Changes, cont. Logs anyone??? Reclassify E_STRICT notices Removed if informational Promoted to E_DEPRECATED if intent is to remove in future Others moved to different categories Primary tags stay <?php?> <??> 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 54

55 Changes, cont. Deprecation cycle 2 releases. PHP 7 jumps all!!! You ve been warned! ereg, scoped calls of non-static methods, etc. JSON replaced with JSOND Test your Ajax!!! List() for Strings forbidden PHP4 Constructors are DEAD! Only one default in switch statements Much, much more List function Empty list is not allowed, period 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 55

56 ATTEND Connect with experts. Become an authority. Register now: zendcon.com/register-now SPEAK Share, inspire, educate. CFP open until April 14: cfp.zend.com SPONSOR Spotlight your best in enterprise PHP, open source & frameworks: Visit zendcon.com 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 56

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Standard Error Processing Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1 Standard Error Processing 2017 Rogue Wave Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1 At the conference Mike Pavlak Tue 8:30 Tue 10:15 Tue 3:45 Wed 8:30 Wed 2:15 Wed 10:15 Wed 2:15 Wed 2:15 Wed 3:45 What s New