Pro PHP XML and Web Services (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

Pro PHP XML and Web Services is the authoritative guide to using the XML features of PHP 5 and PHP 6. No other book covers XML and Web Services in PHP as deeply as this title. The first four chapters introduce the core concepts of XML required for proficiency, and will bring you up to speed on the terminology and key concepts you need to proceed with the rest of the book. Next, the book explores utilizing XML and Web Services with PHP5. Topics include DOM, SimpleXML, SAX, xmlReader, XSLT, RDF, RSS, WDDX, XML-RPC, REST, SOAP, and UDDI.

Author Robert Richards, a major contributor to the PHP XML codebase, is a leading expert in the PHP community. In this book, Richards covers all topics in depth, blending theory with practical examples. You’ll find case studies for the most popular web services like Amazon, Google, eBay, and Yahoo. The book also covers XML capabilities, demonstrated through informative examples, in the PEAR libraries.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to XML and Web Services



2. XML Structure



3. Validation



4. XPath, XPointer, XInclude, and the Future



5. PHP and XML



6. Document Object Model (DOM)



7. SimpleXML



8. Simple API for XML (SAX)



9. XMLReader



10. Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)



11. Effective and Efficient Processing



12. XML Security



13. PEAR and XML



14. Content Syndication: RSS and Atom



15. Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX)



16. XML-RPC



17. Representational State Transfer (REST)



18. SOAP



19. Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI)



20. PEAR and Web Services



21. Other XML Technologies and Extensions