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Zend on IBM i have late releases. So PHP comes out with a new version, it often take more then 6 months (where PHP as the time for 2-3 more minor releases in between) before we have a Zend Server version.
Basically, PHP is tied with Zend Server and it should not. Zend can release their product with a bundled PHP version that is fine. However, we should be able to have PHP running as standalone if we like to. We could be able to test our app faster, get security update out in the field faster.
Zend Server as really cool feature that people will want to keep on production server (code tracing, Z-ray, extensive login capability). This as nothing to do with PHP however. If I want PHP on my IBM i, I should be able to decide if I need or not Zend Server.
One of the many existing pain points: In order to make php configuration changes, you must make the changes from within the Zend Server web administration UI. You can manually edit the .ini files, but Zend Server keeps the configs in a database and under certain conditions overwrites the .ini files. In order to log in to the Zend Server web admin you have to have a license key that expires after 1 year if I recall correctly. In order to get a license key you have to talk to a salesperson, wait sometimes weeks for them to get back to you, and put up with their sales pitches.
Another pain point that I and many others have experienced: Zend Server is an unnecessary additional point-of-failure. Remember this?
https://zend18.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203890456-After-upgrading-to-IBM-i-7-2-or-higher-the-ZENDPHP7-or-ZENDSVR6-Apache-instance-will-not-start
Our production applications were down for 24 hours while I tried to trace down this bug.
There exists a port: http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Php
I've tried to use that one but have not been able to get working