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Integrating PHP and Progress

proPHP

A Simple PHP class to allow access into PROGRESS databases from PHP applications

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Overview

The proPHP class is a simple PHP class that allows access to PROGRESS databases and 4GL in the same way as the procgi perl module does, except that it allows the access directly from PHP.

The system requirements are exactly the same as for procgi, except that PHP should be installed on the server. The code is designed for use with PHP version 4.2 and higher, for earlier releases it may be necessary to modify the class.

How the class works

Setup

1. Edit the prophp.inc file and adjust the path statements to reflect your PROGRESS configuration. The PROPATH MUST point to the htdocs directory of your web server.
2. If your PROGRESS programs are installed elsewhere on the server, create a link so that the root of your programs directory is a subdirectory of htdocs.
3. Create a PROGRESS .pf file called prophp.pf in the root of your programs directory. Add at least entries for database (-db), Temp directory (-T) and batch processing (-b).

$myDLC = new DLC;	Instantiate a copy of the DLC class
$retcode = $myDLC->Execute("/progress/application/program.p");	Execute the progress program 'program.p' in the /progress/application directory

Variables

$myDLC->dlcData	The data returned from the PROGRESS program
$myDLC->sysErrNo	The last progress error number
$myDLC->sysErrDesc	The last progress error description

Examples

See the example programs in the download file

Licensing

This software is distributed under the terms of the GPL license.