Download APIs in PHP: from Basic to Advanced Course for Free

Make an API call access an API from PHP

Decode API results reading JSON in PHP

What is an API

Use API data in a web application

Install Composer manage third-party packages and autoload class files

Introduction and welcome how to get the most out of the course

Install a package with a web server, PHP, a database server and phpMyAdmin

Request headers add meta data about the request

Use cURL instead of file get contents to make an API request

Response codes get the HTTP status code

Get all individual response headers in an array

Response headers read meta data about the response

Use an API that requires a specific request header

Request method change the method to get a different result with the same URL

Request body add a payload to send data along with the request

REST and RESTful APIs what are they

Access a RESTful API in PHP with cURL

Use the Guzzle HTTP client for object-oriented API code

Use an SDK compare the Stripe API to its SDK

The front controller get the resource, ID and the request method

Start writing the API enable URL rewriting

Use a client for API development cURL, Postman or HTTPie

Set the HTTP status code best practices

Add a controller class to decide the response

Use Composer's autoloader to load classes automatically

Always return JSON add a generic exception handler and JSON Content-Type header

Make debugging easier add type declarations and enable strict type checking

Send a 405 status code and Allow header for invalid request methods