I have started a Google Projects Page for my phpYahoo project as well as a new demo site.
I did some extensive work on the class recently by adding caching as well as expanding the search functions to allow searching by either a single string parameter or and array of parameters.
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*updated - 2007-01-26*
phpYahoo is a class written in PHP5 that act’s as a wrapper for Yahoo’s! Web Search API. Methods process the response XML and return an array of data to make development easier. With this class you can search for Yahoo! Web content, Yahoo! Videos or Yahoo! Images.
This class follows a similar pattern like phpNapster class.
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I just found this Firefox Extension: Poster which allows you to interact/test HTTP Requests to Web Services.
For instance suppose you want to test a query using Yahoo’s Search Web Services but you don’t want to go through the hassle of either hacking some code or using my handy phpYahoo Class. What you can do is set up the query in Poster and let it deal with the heavy lifting.
phpNapster is an Unofficial Napster Search API written in PHP5. The origin comes from here and I have merely wrapped it up in a neat package.
This class allows you to search Napster via Artist, Album or Track but be fore warned that if the results come back empty Napster displays an HTTP 404 type of error page and the SimpleXML Object tends to barf on it self.
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