PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects: Practical PHP Mashups with Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo! Table of Contents

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Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Mashups
Chapter 2: Buy it on Amazon
Chapter 3: Make Your Own Search Engine
Chapter 4: Your Own Video Jukebox
Chapter 5: Traffic Incidents via SMS
Chapter 6: London Tube Photos
Index

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Mashups
- Web 2.0 and Mashups
  - Importance of Data
  - User Communities
- How We Will Create Mashups
- More Mashups

Chapter 2: Buy it on Amazon
- Project Overview
- XML-RPC
  - XML-RPC Structure
    - XML-RPC Request
    - Arrays
    - Struct
  - XML-RPC Response
- Working with XML-RPC in PHP
  - Making an XML-RPC Request
    - Serializing Data with XML-RPC Encode Request
    - Calling XML-RPC Using Sockets
- Processing an XML-RPC Response
  - Creating an XML-RPC Parser Class
    - Testing Our XML-RPC Parser Class
  - Using PEAR to Handle XML-RPC
- REST
- Working with REST in PHP
  - Making a REST Request
    - A GET and POST Refresher
    - Using Sockets to Initiate a REST Request
    - Creating GET and POST Request Functions
    - Making a REST Parser Class
    - Testing Our REST Parser Class
  - Processing a REST Response
    - Basic Walkthrough with PHP and SAX
    - Creating a SAX Parser Class
- Internet UPC Database API
- Amazon API
  - A Tour of ECS
  - Anatomy of an ECS REST Request
    - Location of Service
- Mashing Up
  - Product Lookups
    - Handling Amazon's XML Responses
- Summary

Chapter 3: Make Your Own Search Engine
- Project Overview
- SOAP
  - Web Services Descriptor Language (WSDL) With XML Schema Data (XSD)
    - Basic WSDL Structure
    - definitions Element
    - types Element
    - message Element
    - portType Element
    - binding Element
    - service Element
  - The SOAP Message
    - Envelope
    - Header
    - Body
    - Fault
- PHP's SoapClient
  - Creating Parameters
  - Instantiate the SoapClient
    - Instantiating in WSDL Mode
    - Instantiating in Non-WSDL Mode
  - Making the Call and Using SoapClient Methods
  - Handling the SOAP Response
- Microsoft Live Search Web Service
  - Using Search
- Yahoo! Search Web Service
  - Using Web Search
- Mashing Up
- Summary

Chapter 4: Your Own Video Jukebox
- Project Overview
- XSPF
- RSS
- YouTube Overview
  - YouTube Developer API
- Last.fm Overview
  - Audioscrobbler Web Services
- Parsing With PEAR
  - Package Installation and Usage
  - File_XSPF
  - Services_YouTube
  - XML_RSS
- Mashing Up
  - Mashup Architecture
  - Main Page
  - Navigation Page
  - Content Page
  - Using the Mashup
- Summary

Chapter 5: Traffic Incidents via SMS
- Project Overview
- Screen Scraping the PHP Way
  - Parsing with DOM Functions
    - Basic Element and Attribute Parsing
    - Testing the Schema
    - More About PHP's Implementation of the DOM
- 411Sync.com API
  - Creating Your Mobile Search Keyword
    - Name Your Keyword
    - Format the Users will Use when They Use Your Search
    - HTTP Location of the XML Data
- California Highway Patrol Incident Page
- Mashing Up
  - The Incident Class
  - The DOM Parser Class
  - The CHP DOM Parser Class
  - Creating the Feed Page
  - Testing and Deploying
- Summary

Chapter 6: London Tube Photos
- Project Overview
- Preliminary Planning
- Finding Tube Information
- Integrating Google Maps and Flickr Services
- Application Sequence
- Resource Description Framework (RDF)
- SPARQL
  - Analyzing the Query Subject
  - Anatomy of a SPARQL Query
  - Writing SPARQL WHERE Clauses
    - Basic Principles
    - A Simple Query
    - Querying for Types
    - Ordering, Limiting, and Offsetting
    - UNION and DISTINCT
  - More SPARQL Features
- RDF API for PHP (RAP)
- XMLHttpRequest Object
  - XMLHttpRequest Object Overview
  - Using the Object
    - Creating the Object
    - Making the HTTP Request
    - Creating and Using the Callback
- JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
  - JavaScript Objects Review
  - JSON Structure
  - Accessing JSON Properties
  - Serializing the JSON Response
- Google Maps API
  - Creating a Map
  - Geocoding
  - Markers
  - Events
  - InfoWindow Box
- Flickr Services API
  - Executing a Search
  - Interpreting Service Results
  - Retrieving a Photo or a Photo's Page
- Mashing Up
  - Building and Populating the Database
    - Examining the File
    - Creating Our Database Schema
    - Building SPARQL Queries
    - Stations Query
    - Lines Query
    - Lines to Stations Query
    - Database Population Script
  - The TubeSource Database Interface Class
  - The Main User Interface
  - Using Flickr Services with AJAX
    - Creating an XMLHttpRequest Proxy
    - Modifying the Main JavaScript
    - Making the XMLHttpRequest
    - Race Conditions
    - Parsing the AJAX Response
- Summary