RESTful PHP Web Services Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to REST
• Programmable Web
• HTTP and Web Services
• What is REST?
• HTTP Methods
• The Need for RESTful Web Services
• REST Tools and Frameworks in PHP
• XML Parsers
• Tools for Accessing Services
• Providing Services
• PHP REST Frameworks
• Tonic
• Konstrukt
• Zend Framework
• WSO2 WSF/PHP
• Madeam
• dbscript
• What Framework to Use
• Summary

• Chapter 2: REST with PHP—A First Look
• HTTP with PHP
• CURL
• HTTP GET
• HTTP POST
• HTTP PUT
• HTTP DELETE
• Building the Request with XML Tools
• SimpleXML
• DOM
• Processing the Response
• SimpleXML
• DOM
• Consuming Flickr
• Photo Search
• Photo Search with Information
• Summary

• Chapter 3: REST in the Real World
• Types of Services Available
• Consuming Real-World Services
• Cresting our Utility Code—RESTUtil.php
• Consuming an RSS Feed—BBC News Feed
• BBC News Feed with Yahoo News Search
• Yahoo Maps and Local Search
• Earthquakes and Yahoo Maps
• Mashups
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Resource-Oriented Services
• Designing Services
• Simplified Library System
• Resource Design
• PUT vs POST
• URI Design
• URI and HTTP Verb Mapping
• System Implementation
• Library Database
• Web Page from Data
• Retrieve Operation
• Create Operation
• Handling Multiple Path Parameters
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Resource-Oriented Clients
• Designing Clients
• Resource Design
• System Implementation
• Retrieving Resource Information
• Creating Resources
• Deleting Resources
• Putting it All Together
• Implementing a Form-based Application
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Resource-Oriented Clients and Services with Zend Framework
• Installing Zend Framework
• Services with Zend_Rest_Server
• Clients with Zend_Rest_Client
• Library System with Zend REST classes
• Library Service
• Controllers for Book and Member Resources
• Models for Book and Member Resources
• Application Configuration and Initialization
• Book Controller
• Member Controller
• Library Clients
• List Books with GET
• Add a Book with POST
• List Members with GET
• Add a Member with POST
• Complete Client Application Controller
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Debugging REST Web Services
• Message Tracing
• Errors in Building XML
• Errors in Parsing XML
• Best Practices
• Summary

• Appendix A: WSO2 Web Services Framework for PHP
• Installing WSF/PHP
• Implementing Services
• Implementing Clients
• SOAP Service and Client
• Summary

• Appendix B: RESTClient class
• get Method
• post Method
• put Method
• delete Method
• Complete RESTClient Class
• get Example
• post Example
• Yahoo Search Client Example
• Summary

• Index