Access IBM i via Linux Nginx.

We have a number of clients who are running iAMP as their IBM i HTTP/PHP server. Aura have not supported iAMP for a very long time and have been reluctant to share the build process […]

Integrating IBM i CGI programs into Linux Web Server

We have been working with a number of clients now who have CGI programs (mainly RPG) that have been used as part of web sites which were hosted on the IBM Apache Server. These programs […]

A Bit more fun with the File display and update web pages.

[adrotate group=”3,5,7,8,9″] OK so we thought we would have a bit more fun with the previous programs which allowed you to move around and update file records. This is very basic code so don’t expect […]

Interesting discussion about XMLSERVICE and big data

[adrotate group=”3,5,7,8,9″] I sometimes worry about how we perceive the Open Source products and what we as developers should expect from it. I like to keep a watch on what is happening within the IBMi/PHP […]

Next stage of the DB2 File updater

[adrotate group=”3,7,8,9″] Previously we created a simple file output page which we said could be used to update a DB2 file in much the same way as the PHPMyAdmin interface allows where a single record […]

PHP i5_Toolkit from Aura Equipments and the QSYSOPR messages

[adrotate group=”3,7,8″] One of the questions we are being asked regularly is why am I getting messages in the QSYSOPR message queue when using the i5_toolkit from Aura. The answer is very simple, before Zend […]

Adding CGI capabilities to iAMP

[adrotate group=”3,7,8,9″] We have been working with a client who wanted to be able to install a new website on their IBMi. The new website was developed on another OS using cake PHP by a […]

Zend moves support for ZendDBi to alternative supplier.

[adrotate group=”3,7,8,9″] A recent article in IT Jungle just announced that Zend is going to be moving support and future development for Zend DBi off to another supplier. I did a quick review of the […]

New Apache, MySQL PHP stack for IBMi called iAMP Server

[adrotate group=”3,7,8,9″] Aura Equipments of France has just announced a new Apache, MySQL and PHP stack for the IBMi, the new stack has been compiled from standard open source code and is available for free […]

Simple PHP scripts to display a List of spool files and their content

[adrotate group=”3,9″] As part of the development of the JobQGenie PHP interface we needed to be able to display a list of the spool files which are generated for the job queue reload process. The […]