APIs in PHP: from Basic to Advanced

About APIs in PHP: from Basic to Advanced

An

API

is a way for a program to _interact with another program_. By

using third-party APIs

from your code, you can utilise functionality developed elsewhere. By

creating an API

to access your own data, other programs can take advantage of your services in a secure and easy fashion.

Learn how to Use and Create Secure and Scalable APIs in PHP in this Comprehensive Course.

Understand

how APIs work

Learn how to

use an API from PHP

Understand how

HTTP requests and responses

work

Understand what

REST

and

RESTful APIs

are

Create a RESTful API

from scratch, using

plain PHP

and MySQL

Understand how

API authentication

works

Add

API key authentication

to your API

Understand how

JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)

work

Add JWT

access token authentication

to your API

The essential skills required to use and develop APIs with PHP.

Unless you create every component of your application from scratch, your code will need to interact with external services - for example a

payment gateway

, or

currency data

. To use such services, you need to

consume their APIs

. On this course you'll learn how to do this from PHP, and also how to create an API so that external programs can interact with your application.

Content and Overview

This course is designed for the PHP developer who wants to learn

in depth

how to use APIs from their code. I designed the course to be easily understood by PHP developers who

have no previous experience of using APIs

, and who want to develop

full, secure

APIs

quickly

and

easily

. Learning the techniques on this course will enable you to create APIs that are secure,

robust

and that comply with

industry standards

.

Suitable for all PHP developers

, you'll start by learning the basics of how APIs work.

You'll learn various techniques for

consuming APIs from PHP

, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

We'll build a full API

from scratch

, with each concept explained in detail at every stage.

You'll learn what

REST

and what

RESTful APIs

are, why we use them, and how to make your API RESTful.

Throughout the course, we'll build code that you can

reuse

in all your projects.

All the

source code

developed in the lectures is

available to download

.

All the time we'll adhere to

industry standards

and

best practices

.

Each section has

short, self-contained lectures

that you can go back to reinforce specific concepts if you need to. When you complete the course you'll be able to

use APIs in your PHP applications

to leverage third-party components and services. You'll also be able to

create your own API

, using various authentication techniques depending on the type of API you want to create. Complete with all the code shown in the lectures, you'll be able to

work alongside the instructor

and will receive a verifiable

certificate of completion

upon finishing the course. Also, at all times throughout the course you have

access to the instructor

in the Q&A section to ask for

help with any topic

related to the course.

Enrol now

and become a master of APIs in PHP!