Create practical mashups in PHP reach and mixing data from Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo, Last.fm, and 411Sync.com Extend your websites and applications using mashups Get a thorough understanding of mashup fundamentals are clear, detailed walk-through of the key technologies to build PHP Mashup Five fully implemented example mashups with full code In Detail Mashup is a web page or application that combines data from two or more external online sources into an integrated experience. You'll find all the source code used to build the mashups used in this book in the download code for this book. What you will learn from this book? You will learn how to write PHP code to remotely consume services like Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo, Last.fm, and the Internet UPC Database, not to mention the California Highway Patrol Traffic data! You will also learn about the technology, data formats, and protocols needed to use these web services and APIs, and some freely available PHP tools for working with them. You will understand how these technologies work with each other and see how to use this information, in combination with your imagination, to build your own website up to date. Approach This book is a practical tutorial with five detailed and carefully explained case studies to build a new mashup application and effective. Who is this book written for? If you feel confident with your PHP programming, familiar with the basics of HTML and CSS, XML is not afraid, and interested in mashing everything, this is the book for you! There are many formats and protocols, web services and web APIs encountered in this book - you do not need to know anything about them or about AJAX, you'll find everything you need in this book.