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Build Web services with PHP in Eclipse

Using PHP development tools for contract-first development

Nathan A. Good, Senior Information Engineer, Freelance Developer

Nathan Good lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Professionally, he does software development, software architecture, and systems administration. When he's not writing software, he enjoys building PCs and servers, reading about and working with new technologies, and trying to get his friends to make the move to open source software. He's written and co-written many books and articles, including Professional Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, Regular Expression Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, and Foundations of PEAR: Rapid PHP Development.

Summary: Learn how to build Web services in PHP using the PHP Development Tools (PDT) plug-in in Eclipse in three easy steps. First, become familiar with the PDT project, and learn how to create and deploy useful PHP projects. Second, learn the philosophy behind contract-first development. Finally, get an informative overview of the basic parts that make up a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file.

Date: 01 Jul 2008
Level: Intermediate
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Learn

The online Eclipse help has more information about what's new, as well as additional tips and tricks.
For more information about SOAP, see the PHP SOAP documentation.
"XML for PHP developers" provides a great overview of using XML in PHP.
PHP.net is the central resource for PHP developers.
Check out the "Recommended PHP reading list."
Browse all the PHP content on developerWorks.
Expand your PHP skills by checking out IBM developerWorks' PHP project resources.
Using a database with PHP? Check out the Zend Core for IBM, a seamless, out-of-the-box, easy-to-install PHP development and production environment that supports IBM DB2 V9.
Check out the "Recommended Eclipse reading list."
Browse all the Eclipse content on developerWorks.
New to Eclipse? Read the developerWorks article "Get started with Eclipse Platform" to learn its origin and architecture, and how to extend Eclipse with plug-ins.
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Download the Eclipse IDE and install it from the official site.
Download the latest builds for the PDT project.
The PHP site provides information on and functions for SimpleXML, XMLReader, and XMLWriter.
Fiddler is the HTTP debugging proxy that works with most Internet browsers.
Check out the latest Eclipse technology downloads at IBM alphaWorks.
Download Eclipse Platform and other projects from the Eclipse Foundation.
Download IBM product evaluation versions, and get your hands on application development tools and middleware products from DB2®, Lotus®, Rational®, Tivoli®, and WebSphere®.
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