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guidofaecke/ibmitoolkit
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PHP frontend to XMLSERVICE for IBM i development.

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PHP Toolkit for IBM i
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[](#php-toolkit-for-ibm-i)

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For production systems please do not use the master branch. Instead use the latest [stable release](https://github.com/zendtech/IbmiToolkit/releases/latest).

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

The PHP Toolkit for IBM i (Toolkit) is a PHP-based front end to [XMLSERVICE](http://www.youngiprofessionals.com/wiki/XMLSERVICE) that helps programmers call RPG and CL programs along with other native resources from within PHP.

The Toolkit is open source and has been developed with help from Alan Seiden and the community.

Discussion of the Toolkit (usage and how to contribute) happens at the ‘Club Seiden’ forum:

Current Main Features:

- Ability to call RPG, CL, and COBOL
- Ability call IBM i native resources such as Spool Files, Data Areas, and System Values
- Run interactive commands such as ‘wrkactjob’
- Designed to used a choice of transports including DB2, ODBC , and HTTP
- Compatibility wrapper to execute Easycom syntax

Planned Features:

- More and better code samples
- Run SQL
- Inline transport (not requiring DB2 connection)
- Improve usability of the API
- Optimizations for larger data sets
- More (to be added to GitHub issues)

XMLSERVICE and the IBM i Toolkit are already shipped with Zend Server. But being open source they can also be downloaded, installed, and upgraded separately.

For more information and examples, please visit the wiki:

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~138 days

Total

11

Last Release

2303d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.7.0PHP >=5.3.3

1.7.4PHP >=5.6

1.7.6PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

zendibmitoolkitibmxmltoolkitXMLSERVICEas400IBM i

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