RE: [PHP] Accessing Mainframe

Short answer: Yes Longer answer: I did this exact (but PC using Java to the Mainframe) thing about 7 years ago for Sprint, so my memory will not be the best. From my experience you can do this but the Mainframe does not "by default" speak TCP/IP. There are many applications, of which slip my mind, that we used to listen on specific ports. You can either define a protocol (header with actions and data) to speak to the Mainframe or utilize Orb's. Either way you would just open up the port or establish the ORB and send the request over. Now that I think about it I am not sure of the ability to utilize Orb's with PHP. Also, if you use the port method you will have to define some sort of return mechanism. This is off the top of my head. So comments or suggestions would be great. Sincerely, Robert T. Covell President / Owner Rolet Internet Services, LLC Web: www.rolet.com Email: rcovell@rolet.com Phone: 816.471.1095 Fax: 816.471.3447 24x7: 816.210.7145 -----Original Message----- From: Sridhar Moparthy [mailto:sridhar.moparthy@wcom.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:15 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net; php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Accessing Mainframe Hi All, Is it possible to access IBM Mainframe from PHP on Windows? Is so, do I need to install any software on Mainframe? Are there any "classes" available to do this? I am using PHP 4.X on Windows. Thank you in advance, Sridhar Moparthy