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Learn how to build RESTful API and web services in PHP 7 About This Book • Leverage the Lumen framework to build RESTful API endpoints for your applications • Understand how to increase efficiency and security of your web service. • Learn to apply the concepts by implementing the examples covered in the book Who This Book Is For This book is for PHP developers who wish to learn about the REST architecture to be able to build and consume REST APIs in their applications. What You Will Learn • REST API architecture and its benefits • How to write RESTful API web services in PHP7 • To address security related issues in a REST API • Importance of automated testing and to write tests for API endpoints • Implement SOLID principles in your code and the purpose of Micro-services • How to identify security flaws in our current API endpoints and tackle them effectively • The working of Lumen microframework and writing RESTful web services in it In Detail REST is the most wide spread and effective standard to develop APIs for internet services. With the way PHP and its eco-system has modernized the way code is written by simplifying various operations, it is useful to develop RESTful APIs with PHP 7 and modern tools. This book explains in detail how to create your own RESTful API in PHP 7 that can be consumed by other users in your organization. Starting with a brief introduction to the fundamentals of REST architecture and the new features in PHP 7, you will learn to implement

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