Translating Text Using the Google Translate API and PHP, JSON and cURL

By Quentin Zervaas, 6 May 2011 cURL Google JSON PHP Download PDF

Google Translate is a service from Google that you can use to translate text or HTML from one language to another. One of the great features of this service is that they now offer an API to let you programmatically translate text. In this article I will show you how to interact with the Google Translate API.

Shortening URLs for goo.gl with Google's URL Shortener API

By Quentin Zervaas, 12 January 2011 cURL Google JSON PHP Download PDF

In 2010 Google released its own URL shortener, which allows you to shorten URLs to use the goo.gl domain. In this article I will show you how to easily create your own short URLs using their new URL shortener API.

Verifying Apple App Store Receipts For In App Purchases With PHP and cURL Snippet

By Quentin Zervaas, 29 October 2010 cURL JSON PHP Download PDF

In this PhpRiot snippet I will show you how to verify a purchase receipt that was submitted by the iOS application with the Apple receipt verification service. We will achieve this using PHP and cURL and the App Store receipt verification service.

Accessing the Twitter API Screencast Video

By Quentin Zervaas, 23 June 2010 cURL PHP Twitter Download PDF

In this screencast I'll show you how to access the Twitter API using PHP. We'll use cURL to list a user's timeline and then to output tweets from a user's list.

Downloading a Remote File With cURL and PHP Snippet

By Quentin Zervaas, 24 March 2010 cURL PHP Download PDF

In this PhpRiot Snippet I will show you how to download a file from another web site and save it to disk.