Bull GCOS 8 mainframe

[vdvb]

Does anyone know if it is possible to connect to a Bull GCOS 8 mainframe execute a mainframe program and parse the response to php ( zend framework + jquery)

We now connect on a windows machine with a terminal emulator program to the mainframe and execute the programs directly.
In the future we want a webinterface ( if possible) on Linux machine and send and receive directly to the mainframe.

Any good leads or first hand experience would appreciated.

thx in advance.
Bert

[bradgrafelman]

How does your "terminal emulator program" communicate with this mainframe? The fact that it's a "mainframe" on the other end is no different than if it were a toaster oven; all you need to know is what communication protocol the emulator program uses, and then it's just a question of "Can PHP communicate via XYZ?"

For example, if the "XYZ" is "a serial COM port", then answer is, yes: both [man]fopen/man and the Direct IO functions (see: [man]dio[/man]) can open *nix devices such as "/dev/ttyS0" (and the Windows-equivalent "COM1:", too).