Professional PHP Web Services takes a hype-free look at what Web Services are, how they are important in enterprise computing today and the various standards and programming models used to build Web Services using PHP.

In order to make this book useful for several audiences, the book also talks about all the key platforms in exact detail. It first looks at the web services technology stack and goes through the theory and concepts on how web services operate. It then teaches readers how to publish and consume web services using PHP.

The book discusses all aspects of Web Services - this includes consumption, development and deployment, description, discovery and security of Web Services.

1) Once there is a clear understanding on consuming and deploying web services using PHP, the book outlines how to develop web services using various other platforms in detail. It also discusses the unique interoperability and development issues when using these other platforms with PHP.

The book then looks at some real world case studies of applications and web service toolkits that use the various platforms and cover all the technologies and best practices learnt within the book.

Authors

James Fuller, Ken Egervari, Harry Fuecks, Bryan Waters, Jon Stephens, Daniel Solin

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Web Services 2. XML and HTTP 3. Messaging with XML-RPC 4. Messaging with SOAP 5. Consuming SOAP Web Services 6. Security 7. Describing Web Services with WSDL 8. Discovering web Services with UDDI 9. Best Practices 10. Application Integration 11. Interoperability - Case Study 12. Web Services using Krysalis - Online

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