Basic operations with PHP
PHP is a popular scripting language for writing web applications. Many of the most popular open source applications such as WordPress are written with PHP. There are several SimpleDB APIs available. The PHP samples are based on an API written by Dan Myers. This program is easy to understand, use, and expand. Rich Helms has expanded the API and provided samples for this book.
All of the sample code can be downloaded and run from your site, or executed from our site, with your Access Keys to your SimpleDB. Note that the user interface in these samples is very basic. The focus is on illustrating the SimpleDB interface.
Exploring SimpleDB with PHP
Rich Helms: "When I wrote my first SimpleDB PHP program, I struggled to find a working sample to build on. After a number of APIs, I found Dan Myers' SDB-PHP. The entire API was in one file and simple to understand. Working with Dan, I expanded the API to provide complete SimpleDB functionality including data normalization...
