PHP Web Services: APIs for the Modern Web

Whether you're data sharing between two internal systems building or an API so that users can access their data, this practical guide has everything you need to build APIs with PHP. Author Lorna Jane Mitchell provides lots of hands-on code samples, real-world examples, and advice based on her extensive experience guide to you through the process from the транспортний theory to methods for making your service robust.

you'll learn how to use this language to work with JSON, XML, and other web service technologies. This updated second edition includes new tools and features that reflect PHP updates and changes on the Web.

Explore HTTP from the request/response cycle to its verbs, headers, and cookies

Work with and publish webhooks—user-defined HTTP callbacks

Determine whether JSON XML or is the best data format for your application

Get advice for working with RPC, SOAP, and RESTful services

Use several tools and techniques for debugging HTTP web services

Choose the service that works best for your application and learn how to make it robust

your Document API—and learn how to design it to handle errors