How to call APIs from PHP: file_get_contents, cURL, Guzzle and SDKs

PHP APIs course: ➤ davehollingworth.net/phpapisy Support my channel: ☕ ko-fi.com/davehollingworth There are several ways to make API calls from PHP. In this video we'll learn how to use each one, along with their advantages and disadvantages. We'll cover the file_get_contents function, cURL, Guzzle and SDKs. Details of the resources shown in the video and all the code used are below, including links to the RESTful APIs used. Resources: Testing API: jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/ file_get_contents: www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.p… www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.httprespo… www.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php… cURL: curl.se/ www.php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-getinfo.php Guzzle: docs.guzzlephp.org/ SDKs: stripe.com/docs/libraries#server-side-libraries stripe.com/docs/api/customers?lang=php Code shown in the video: gist.github.com/daveh/c61fbe671894a7931d88a5ca8273… API icon made by Smashicons (www.flaticon.com/authors/smashicons) from Flaticon (www.flaticon.com/) 00:00 Introduction 00:38 file_get_contents 07:06 cURL 14:22 Guzzle 19:30 SDKs 24:22 Summary #PHP #API #REST #cURL #Guzzle #SDK