Category Archives: REST

WSO2 Releases Web Service Framework For C++

WSO2 announced the release of the Web Services Framework for C++ (WSF/C++) version 2.0.0. Similar to WSF/PHP which is really popular among the PHP community, WSF/CPP is the C++ language binding for the Apache Axis2/C and the other supporting web … Continue reading

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WSO2 Mashup Server 1.5.2 Released

WSO2 has announced the release of WSO2 Mashup Server 1.5.2. This release introduced the support for Data Services (Exposing Database, Excel sheet, CSV as a service), Open ID Logins and personalized dashboards to manage mashups and some security improvements. Just … Continue reading

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Article Introducing PHP Data Services

Now you can view the article I wrote titling “Introduction to PHP Data Services“. There I explain how you can design and implement Data Services in PHP using WSF/PHP Data Services Library. This article covers, Designing your Data Service API. … Continue reading

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RESTful PHP Web Services – Book Review

PHP is one of the famous choice, when it comes to develop a web site. As the web evolve with the emerge of web service, REST (REpresentational State Transfer) concepts, the PHP language is also adapted to the new requirements … Continue reading

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PHP Data Services with PostgreSQL

LAMP (Linux + Apache + Mysql + PHP) stack powers many servers in the Internet today. For a LAMP  server, PostgreSQL could be the first alternative to Mysql. Similar to PHP + MySQL,  PHP + PostgreSQL too can be easily … Continue reading

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Data Services – Databases For SOA

Database plays a big role in any day-today application. It is a major component from accounting, web portal, CMS, SaaS applications, search engines to all enterprise applications. In traditional MVC(Model-View-Controller) applications we talk about the Model component which represent the … Continue reading

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Apache Axis2/C RESTful URL Mapping Algorithm

Few weeks back I wrote a blog post about Writing RESTful Services in C which explain the use of Axis2/C REST API. Basically when you provide a HTTP Method (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE) and a HTTP URL, it is … Continue reading

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WS-SecurityPolicy With PHP

WS-SecurityPolicy specification defines standards for defining security policies for your web service. WSF/PHP allows you to declare your security policies according to these standards. You can take one of following approaches to associate policies to your web service or client. … Continue reading

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RESTful URL Mapping in WSF/PHP

In a RESTful design, choose of URLs for resources are really important. The URL uniquely represents a resource. Service consumers can change some parts in the URL to access different other resources. So it is clear that the URL consists … Continue reading

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WSF/PHP Samples Explained

Here is a simple categorization of the WSF/PHP samples. You can access all the wsf/php samples from http://labs.wso2.org/wsf/php/solutions/samples/index.html. Sample Category Example Client Source Code Example Service Source Code Online Demo Beginners echo_client.php echo_service.php Demo REST echo_client_rest.php echo_service_with_rest.php Demo WSDL Mode … Continue reading

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