This practical tutorial has detailed, carefully explained case studiesusing PHP to build new, effective mashup applications, which combinedata from multiple external online sources into an integrated Web 2.0experience. If you are confident with PHP programming and interested inmashing things up, this book is for you! All you need to know aboutformats, protocols, web services, and web APIs is covered as you learnto write PHP code to remotely consume services like Google Maps, Flickr,Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo!, Last.fm, the Internet UPC Database,and even the California Highway Patrol Traffic data! The 5 real-worldPHP projects each start with an overview of technologies and protocolsneeded and then dive into the tools used and details of creating theproject, and you can download each project's source code. You will learnhow these technologies work with each other and how to use thisinformation, together with your imagination, to build your owncutting-edge websites.
