Web Services (SOAP, RESTfull, etc)

This book is an introduction to XML Web Services and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). From the table of contents: Introduction to Web Services, Web Services Description Language, Data Types in WSDL, DataSets, Webservices and Javascript, SOAP Headers, Soap Extensions, Encrypting and Decrypting Soap Data, Attributes, SOAP Faults, ASP.Net WebServices, WSDL and DISCO, Remoting.

Learn the basic architectural concepts and step through examples of consuming and creating RESTful web services in PHP. This book targets PHP developers who want to build or make use of RESTful web services, or explore the options available to them in PHP. You will need to know the basics of PHP development, but no knowledge of REST is assumed, nor any knowledge of creating web services generally.