PHP Web Service Restfull with Slim basic

Requirement

• Basic knowledge in PHP
• Apache Web Server
• Download Slim http://www.slimframework.com/ Slim

What is Slim?

• Is a simple and powerful PHP framework to create RESTful Web Application

Setup your environment

• Unzip the Slim package on the directory
• Make sure it is read/writable, (chmod 755 -R /Slim)

Create A basic RESTful with Slim (testRest.php)

<?php

require 'Slim/Slim.php';

$app = new Slim();

$app->get('/sayhi','sayhi');
$app->get('/sayhi2u/:name','sayhi2u');
$app->run();

function sayhi() {
    echo 'hello world';
}
function sayhi2u($name) {
    echo 'Hi '. $name;
}

?>

.htaccess file

• The .htaccess file has to place on the same directory as the testRest.php.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]

Detail of the testRest.php

Method                 URL                     Action
====================================================================
GET       http://localhost/testRest.php/sayhi        Display 'hello world'
--------------------------------------------------------------------      
GET       http://localhost/testRest.php/sayhi2u/Paul  Display 'Hi Paul'

Test 1

• Use sayHi function

http://localhost/testRest.php/sayHi

display: hello world

Test 2

• Use sayHi2u function

http://localhost/testRest.php/sayHi2u/Bob

display: Hi Bob