Category Archives: Web development

How to prevent Easycom from loading

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Alan Seiden

Several clients have asked me how to prevent their older Easycom components from loading, now that they’ve migrated from the Easycom toolkit to the new open source IBM i Zend toolkit. Here are instructions based on suggestions from Rod Flohr … Continue reading →

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Which version of Zend Server for IBM i do I have?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Alan Seiden

Here is the easiest way to determine which version of Zend Server is installed on a given IBM i system. From a 5250 command line, follow these four steps: 1. GO LICPGM 2. Take option 10 (Display installed licensed programs) … Continue reading →

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Toolkit webcast tomorrow, April 5

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Alan Seiden

Tomorrow I’m presenting a new webcast, New PHP Toolkit from Zend and IBM: Open Source on IBM i, as part of System i Network’s free “Virtual Conference.” Date: Thursday, April 5 Time: 11:15am ET Registration (free): http://tinyurl.com/new-toolkit-20120405 Other presentations in … Continue reading →

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Web performance webinar today

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Alan Seiden

Hope you can join me for “Web performance first aid,” a webcast for the COMMON user group. The webcast will be recorded and archived for future listenings as well. The webcast is for COMMON members, so anyone wanting to hear … Continue reading →

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Zend Framework DB2 adapter for IBM i

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Alan Seiden

I recently received a question about how to use DB2 with Zend Framework on IBM i. Thomas wrote: I would like to start with Zend Framework on i5 [IBM i] with Zend Server and ZF’s DB2 database adapter. I got … Continue reading →

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PHP performance tip: disable unused extensions with Zend Server

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Alan Seiden

Whenever I’m brought in to improve the performance of a PHP application, an easy change I make is to disable any PHP extensions that the application does not use. PHP extensions are code libraries written in C that add to … Continue reading →

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Zend Framework webinar this Wednesday

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Alan Seiden

On March 9, 2011, I’ll present a free webinar about how to create a Zend Framework project on IBM i. The webinar is at 9am PST, 12pm EST. Sign up here: http://www.zend.com/en/company/news/event/790_webinar-your-first-zend-framework-project-on-ibm-i Here’s the complete list of my upcoming talks.

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Maximize Zend Server PHP performance with Apache compression

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Alan Seiden

Faster web sites sell more products, create better user satisfaction, and even rank higher in Google searches. Try compression to boost the download speed of your Zend Server for IBM i pages. You can compress PHP output javascript, style sheets, and other text-based content. My tests show a speed improvement of 10-50%. Continue reading →

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A simple security measure

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Alan Seiden

A reader recently asked me this security question: If a user enters: http://<my_ip>/<mydirectory> instead of http://<my_ip>/<mydirectory>/script.php They get a listing of all scripts/files in that directory and they can then select and execute/run those scripts. This is a real concern … Continue reading →

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Differences Between Zend Core and Zend Server on IBM i

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Alan Seiden

Zend Server for IBM i improves upon Zend Core’s older implementation of PHP in numerous ways. To make the migration easier, I’ve created a table that shows some of the settings and default file locations that have changed between Zend … Continue reading →

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