The ODtata SDK for PHP (formerly called Toolkit for PHP with
ADO.NET/WCF Data Services) makes it easier for PHP developers to
take advantage of the Open Data (OData) protocol, initially
developed by Microsoft with WCF Data Services, a set of features
that are part of the .NET Framework. WCF Data Services offer a
simple way to expose any sort of data in a RESTful way and is also
available with Window Azure and many other technologies (see www.odata.org for a full
list).
At design time, the SDK lets you generate proxy classes based on
the metadata exposed by the OData Services. At run time, your code
uses the PHP proxy classes to easily program against the OData
Service using a set of local PHP classes that represent the
structure of the remote data. Using RESTful services over HTTP, the
communication between the PHP application and OData Services is
taken care of by the PHP proxy classes and the Toolkit
libraries.
PHP; OData; REST.NET Framework; WCF Data Services; Windows Azure
