WebSmart PHP System Requirements

Server Side (Hosting PHP Apps on IBM i)

Minimum iSeries Operating System for WebSmart 8.8: V5R3.

TCP/IP running on your iSeries.

RPG IV Compiler.

IBM APACHE HTTP Server (configured correctly).

Zend Server CE installed and running on your iSeries. We recommend that you install Zend Server CE (free) and the necessary PTFs prior to installing WebSmart PHP. To determine if you have Zend Server CE installed and for more information on Zend Server CE, see KB Article 6964.

WebSmart will initially occupy approximately 50 MB on your iSeries, and up to 150 MB during the install until the install lib is removed.

If you plan on creating programs with the SQL templates), you'll need the SQL Developers Kit (Licensed Program: *COMPATIBLE DB2 Query Mgr and SQL DevKit - 5722ST1).

Note the Server side (WAS) and the Developer side(IDE) are licensed separately.

Server Side (Hosting PHP Apps on Other Servers; e.g. Windows, Unix or Linux)

You must have Apache and PHP and all appropriate modules installed and configured correctly.

You must ensure that your PHP installation can access the database(s) you need to connect to.

If you are using a database for which there are predefined templates you should be able to create functional PHP applications for your environment without needing to make changes to the templates. Otherwise, varying degrees of template modifications may be required.

At WebSmart 8.8 and earlier, for development you need access to a System i for security purposes. At runtime you do not need System i access, there is no server side license. In WebSmart 8.9 and higher there is no requirement to link to an IBM i to validate your license key.

Client Side

Minimum PC requirements: Windows 98, with IE 4 installed.

Minimum processor speed: Pentium 200 (Note: it will run fine on slower machines, just slower!)

Recommended XP with IE7