The Uniform Server is a WAMP that you could try on your machine without having to install anything. WSF/PHP is a SOAP/REST framework for PHP. Go to The Uniform Server’s plugin page and get the WSF/PHP plugin. Unzip and follow the steps in the README file, you should have WSF/PHP ready to run in no time. You might find it useful if you don’t want to install those packages on your computer.
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