I use slim. It was very easy to use. I just build routes and add functions. On Mar 10, 2017 20:02, "David Schwartz" wrote: > Is anybody familiar with the Slim framework? http://slimframework > > .com > > It seems to be very simple and could be ideal for what I’m looking for. > > -David Schwartz > > > > On Mar 10, 2017, at 8:47 PM, David Schwartz > wrote: > > Many companies are looking at building mobile apps, and they’d typically > need a back-end DB to manage things. > > But with a back-end DB, you probably also need an “admin” portal that has > more features than the mobile app can provide. > > I’ve been using this Windows app, AppGini, that lets you build some fairly > complicated form-based web apps built in PHP and MySQL. It has full support > for managing users, security levels, access restrictions, and all of that > stuff. AppGini apps can be run nearly anywhere that has php V5.3+ and MySQL > V3.2+ supported. > > What I’m looking for is a fairly simple way to build out a REST API > interface that would allow mobile apps to talk to the database maintained > by the back-end “admin” app, preferably hosted alongside the admin app. > > I’ve been doing some Googling and I came across the term “REST API > Platforms” that seems to be the magical keyword needed for this kind of > thing. I discovered there are a bunch of platforms available, like Kong, > Apigee, Swagger, API-platform, and others. Some are open-source and some > are strictly commercial. Some are hosted, some can be hosted anywhere. They > all claim to be super-easy to use, although I’m sure that’s a > highly-relative term. > > I’m familiar with REST APIs from the consumer/client side, and know > virtually nothing about the publisher/server side. > > Does anybody here know much about the publisher/server side? In > particular, are these REST API Platforms useful for what I’m looking at? Or > is it easier to just write the needed PHP code by hand? > > What’s the best way to learn more about this stuff? > > Ideally, I’d like something that can access the MySQL tables, lets me > point-and-click and set some options, and it will spit out the code. > > -David Schwartz > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >