Re: PHP and Web Services (where to start?)

Hello, You will find our open source Krysalis platform interesting for PHP web services. http://www.interakt.ro/products/Krysalis/ We have just released the 2.4beta version with a lot of improvements. You can also read my chapter for the Wrox (it's bancrupcy is a major losss..) "Professional PHP Web Services" at ftp://www.interakt.ro/pub/Krysalis/Professional%20web%20services%20with%20Kr ysalis.pdf We hope that this will give you a healthy start. Krysalis does not include an API like (SOAPx4 or NuSOAP), but is based on XML streaming and transformation, ans you will see an alternative of using SOAP for other goals than RPC. Alexandru -- Alexandru COSTIN Chief Operating Officer http://www.interakt.ro/ +4021 411 2610 "Stacy Oliver" <stacy@christianbookpreviews.com> wrote in message news:029d01c2f5a9$69899e60$0200a8c0@Stacy... Hi all, I'm a total newbie to programming, but I picked up PHP last month and redesigned my website (I think it's great). What I want to do now, is create a price comparison engine of online bookstores using PHP and whatever web services the vendors supply. My question is: where should I start? I've purchased the Professional PHP4 XML book by Wrox (being shipped), but am wondering if anyone has coded something along these lines. Sorry for such a basic post, but I feel lost and don't know who to ask. Thanks in advance! Stacy stacy@christianbookpreviews www.christianbookpreviews.com