Offers hands-on tips and numerous code examples that show Web developers how to leverage content and feeds from today's top Web sites including Google, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Yahoo!, and FedEx Introduces APIs (Application Program Interfaces) in general and uses real-world examples that show how to produce and document them Explains how to use the popular scripting language PHP to create APIs that interact with unrelated applications over the Web Examples take readers through each stage of the API process, from basic test implementations to integration with existing sites
Paul Michael Reinheimer (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) is a Zend Certified Engineer currently developing Share The Beat (www.sharethebeat.com) an online music portal developed extensively in PHP. Paul has extensive PHP programming experience. Chris Shiflett (NY, NY) is a frequent contributor to the PHP community and a leading security expert. He talks at conferences such as ApacheCon and the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and publishes articles in PHP Magazine and php|architect. "Security Corner," his monthly column for php|architect, which is the industry's foremost PHP security column.