Use XML to Build Services Cheaply Using PHP and MySQL
Using the open source technologies of PHP and MySQL you can create server-side applications that abstract databases and return XML. Get all the flexibility of XML without laying out cash, and show your boss a cheap alternative to J2EE or .NET Web services in a runtime environment.
by Laurence Moroney
July 11, 2003
eb services are all about two things: XML and WSDL. When you build a Web service in a commercial platform such as Microsoft .NET or J2EE, you are building a smart server that can describe itself with WSDL, be invoked using a HTTP-Get, or SOAP, and return an XML payload.
But these platforms are expensive, of course. Some companies have (and will continue to) balk at the expense of implementing Web services. The problem is that, as XML and Web services are generally thought to go hand-in-hand, many ill-informed managers will dismiss excellent, low-cost opportunities to capitalize on XML.
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eb services are all about two things: XML and WSDL. When you build a Web service in a commercial platform such as Microsoft .NET or J2EE, you are building a smart server that can describe itself with WSDL, be invoked using a HTTP-Get, or SOAP, and return an XML payload.
