February 7, 2007 9:41 AM PST
IBM brings PHP to mainframe
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.
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