Making RESTful Requests in PHP
APIs have become a very commonplace part of many popular web sites and services… especially REST APIs. I’ve already discussed how you can roll your own REST API for your PHP apps, but I’ve also received countless requests to go over how to actually make RESTful requests. That’s exactly what we’ll take a look at in this article. Before we dive in, however, I want to make sure you’ve got a basic understanding of how REST APIs work, so if you’re a bit shaky or unfamiliar with the concept, head on over to my previous article on REST and read up (you don’t need to go over the implementation stuff if you don’t want, just read the first part of the article). Seriously, do it… this article is written with the assumption you’re familiar with the concepts of REST.
Anyway, without any further delay, let’s take a look at what we’re going to cover… Read the rest of this entry »
