Via php|architect today, there's a pointer to a TechTarget story mentioning the fact that the Zend Core for IBM has added database and Web services support.

IBM gave another nod to the PHP open source, server-side scripting language with last month's announcement of Zend Core for IBM, developed jointly with Zend Technology Inc., Cupertino, Calif.

Based on PHP 5, Zend Core for IBM integrates IBM's DB2 Universal Database (UDB) and the Cloudscape open source database server with Zend's open source PHP environment. It includes native support for XML and Web services.

It's largely a press release piece, sounding more like it was generated from either Zend or IBMs marketing departments, but it's a good reminder of just how much IBM is settling in behind PHP and leading a charge to support it to businesses everywhere...