1. Installation

Before you start, you need to have a web server up and running. You can use Apache, Nginx or many other web servers. Although it is not recommended, you can use PHP built-in web server just to test your code as well.

Clone the project into your working directory.

git clone git@github.com:Fabstract/Simple-REST-Application.git

Be aware that you need to clone the project into the directory your web server redirects HTTP requests to. Application's entry point is always public/index.php.

After cloning, run following:

composer install

Now test it with a simple HTTP request,

curl -i 127.0.0.1/test

OR if you are using a name server locally,

curl -i yourdomain.postfix/test

OR if you are using PHP built-in web server, assuming you ran it with port 1234,

curl -i localhost:1234/test

you should see the following:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{"status":"success","data":"get"}

Next Topic: Creating an API