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Representational State Transfer (REST) is a form of software architecture; systems that follow it are often called RESTful. It is the architectural style that drives the World Wide Web (the motivation for REST was to capture elements that made the Web successful), and RESTful web services use simple protocols already familiar to web developers. RESTful web services are found in lots of places with big name Web APIs such as Flickr, and Yahoo search following a REST-based approach.
With any architectural style or approach, struggling with its basic concepts is just one problem – implementation in your favourite language is another, and that's where this book comes in. If you're a PHP developer, this book will show you how to create and consume RESTful web services in PHP, and make your services work well in the context of the Web.
You will learn about the basic concepts of REST, and then look at PHP tools, libraries and techniques for working with RESTful web services. You will see how to use other RESTful services from your PHP applications, and also how to engineer your PHP applications to make them RESTful.
This book is about implementing RESTful web services in PHP, and so the book is packed with example code and careful explanations.
With any architectural style or approach, struggling with its basic concepts is just one problem – implementation in your favourite language is another, and that's where this book comes in. If you're a PHP developer, this book will show you how to create and consume RESTful web services in PHP, and make your services work well in the context of the Web.
You will learn about the basic concepts of REST, and then look at PHP tools, libraries and techniques for working with RESTful web services. You will see how to use other RESTful services from your PHP applications, and also how to engineer your PHP applications to make them RESTful.
This book is about implementing RESTful web services in PHP, and so the book is packed with example code and careful explanations.
About the Author
Samisa Abeysinghe is Director, Engineering at WSO2. Samisa pioneered the Apache Axis2/C effort and architected the core of the Apache Axis2/C Web services engine. He continues to be an active contributor in the Apache Axis2/C project. His involvement in open-source projects began in 2004 when he started working with the Apache Axis C/C++ project. Prior to his current role, Samisa played the project lead role for the WSO2 Web services Framework for PHP project, which provides comprehensive support for building both SOAP and REST services and clients.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recently read this book and found the writing well paced and the examples particularly useful in getting up to speed with consuming web services using PHP and REST. The Yahoo Maps and Earthquakes sample code is a good example of how web services can be combined to build a new application and the book takes you though building a simple library book system that provides both the server based web services as well as the client service.
Format:Paperback
I read this at the same time as O'Reilly's RESTful Web Services (which I would definitely recommend) and was disappointed -
(1) Unlike the O'Reilly book it does not really explain the philosophy of RESTful services, and does not express an opinion on good design - OK, I know the two books have different purposes but the best books on software (e.g. PACKT's book on jQuery) manage to do combine the big picture, with a personal view, and the detailed information.
(2) It doesn't do a proper comparison and evaluation of the different PHP frameworks available, just a brief cut-and-paste job from the frameworks' own publicity
(3) The examples it gives are too simple to be useful in real-world problems, and too lengthy to be taken in by someone looking for design guidance
A shame because I have found other books from PACKT to be very good indeed.
(1) Unlike the O'Reilly book it does not really explain the philosophy of RESTful services, and does not express an opinion on good design - OK, I know the two books have different purposes but the best books on software (e.g. PACKT's book on jQuery) manage to do combine the big picture, with a personal view, and the detailed information.
(2) It doesn't do a proper comparison and evaluation of the different PHP frameworks available, just a brief cut-and-paste job from the frameworks' own publicity
(3) The examples it gives are too simple to be useful in real-world problems, and too lengthy to be taken in by someone looking for design guidance
A shame because I have found other books from PACKT to be very good indeed.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Decent introduction to REST and PHP
16 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback
The book is a good introduction to PHP web services, cURL and DOM. It goes into details of building a web service from scratch. That is good for understanding, but I would much rather use a framework from WSO2 or Zend.
Book has a lot of examples. Though the examples have a few problems
1. Very basic sample programs for RESTful server.
2. A lot of code is printed, but with very little explanation.
3. Code explanation does not offer more than what you would get by reading the code itself. No options or pitfalls are described.
4. Printed code formatting is awful. Statements wrap around, instead of line breaks and indentation. Random words are highlighted. Bold words have no connection to the concept being explained. For example, frequently (but not always) functions have plain "return;" highlighted.
All that makes the book hard to read.
Before buying the book, check websites for WSO2, Zend, Flickr and Yahoo. They have good documentation and tutorials.
Book has a lot of examples. Though the examples have a few problems
1. Very basic sample programs for RESTful server.
2. A lot of code is printed, but with very little explanation.
3. Code explanation does not offer more than what you would get by reading the code itself. No options or pitfalls are described.
4. Printed code formatting is awful. Statements wrap around, instead of line breaks and indentation. Random words are highlighted. Bold words have no connection to the concept being explained. For example, frequently (but not always) functions have plain "return;" highlighted.
All that makes the book hard to read.
Before buying the book, check websites for WSO2, Zend, Flickr and Yahoo. They have good documentation and tutorials.
A Rather Complete Exposure of Restful Design with PHP
1 May 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book is a good exposure to RESTful architecture concepts. The author introduces points of personal bias in his prose, but the objectives are clearly presented. It's a brief exposure and can be a quick read. And of course, it is specific to PHP, while mentioning in passing, other languages applicability to REST. This book is a good starting place for those who wish to learn about REST, before tackling REST in other contexts.
The right blend of concepts with examples
8 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book does a great job of rapidly exposing the user to RESTFul design patterns while at the same time providing many great examples for reference. By the end of the book, even a novice programmer will be comfortable with RESTFul web service design. You do need experience with PHP to work through the samples.
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