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Simple RESTful API implementation in PHP

A very simple implementation of RESTful API in PHP for managing Orders and Users pertaining to an Online Food Catering Service. Error and exception handling are at their minimum.

Functionality provided by the REST API:

User related: * fetch details for a particular user * create a new user. * update user details. * delete an existing user

MySQL tables : * users

    
    CREATE TABLE `users` (
    `user_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `user_fullname` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
    `user_email` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
    `user_password` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`user_id`)
    );
          

API Functions :

An API function can be invoked by passing the function name in url as parameter 'q' e.g. http://localhost/api.php?q=functionName

• insertUser() - Insert a new user in users table

  Method : POST Required Parameters - 'name' : User Name 'email' : User Email ID 'pwd' : Password

• updateUser() - Update details of a user

  Method : PUT Required Parameters - 'id' : ID of the user to be updated 'name' : User Name 'email' : User Email ID 'pwd' : Password

• deleteUser() - Delete user with specific ID

  Method : DELETE Required Parameters - 'id' : ID of the user to be deleted

• userDetails() - Get details of a user with specific ID

  Method : GET Required Parameters - 'id' : ID of the user whose details are to be fetched