How to create a Rest server in PHP

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I'm going to create a Restful web service API using PHP. I've googled and found how to create a rest client, but I want to know how to create rest server instead.

I already have a MySQL database to retrieve the data but I don't know how to output my results in XML format.

So your question is just with writing an XML file? If you're not dependent on XML you may also simply use JSON, which requires only one call to `json_encode`. — deceze, Jul 04 '11 at 07:26
Unless you specifically need XML, I would recommend using JSON as an output format, because it's much easier to deal with on the client side. — Ikke, Jul 04 '11 at 07:26
the XML output, i will use in android device too. can json be used on android device? if it can, how can i create that? please give me some advice:) — tgt, Jul 04 '11 at 07:53
possible duplicate of [how to generate xml file dynamically using PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/486757/how-to-generate-xml-file-dynamically-using-php) — cweiske, Jul 04 '11 at 11:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '17 at 23:07

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You can take a look at PHP-CRUD-API, which is an extensible PHP script that I wrote that does exactly what you want: provide a REST API based on a MySQL Database.

answered Apr 12 '17 at 23:07

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '15 at 18:36

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Take a look at RockWall engine. The main feature of RockWall is multiple REST requests by single HTTP request.

RockWall REST engine site

answered May 09 '15 at 18:36

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 04 '11 at 07:30

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Take a look at a framework like FRAPI that helps you build REST services with minimum effort.

answered Jul 04 '11 at 07:30

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