IBM brings PHP to mainframe

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IBM has created a mainframe version of PHP, widely used scripting-language software that lets servers create Web pages on the fly from information stored in a database.

The company published the work on its AlphaWorks Web site for research projects it wants others to try out. The software requires version 1.6 or later of the z/OS mainframe operating system. The software uses version 5.1.2 of PHP.

Stephen Shankland covers Google, Yahoo, search, online advertising, portals, digital photography, and related subjects. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered servers, supercomputing, open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen.

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