PHP: Currency Exchange using XML-RPC client

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May 11th, 2007 by

Jon Moffet

This is an example PHP code I wrote to demonstrate how to connect to Foxrate Currency Exchange server and retrieve the latest exchange rate.

The example uses The Incutio XML-RPC for PHP library. Please visit refer to Incutio XML-RPC Library Manual for further in-depth reference.

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PHP:

require('IXR.inc.php');
// connect to foxrate.org currency exchange server
$client = new IXR_Client('http://foxrate.org/rpc/');
//make the currency exchange
if (!$client->query('foxrate.currencyConvert', 'USD', 'GBP',1000)) {
die('Error detected - '.$client->getErrorCode().' : '.$client->getErrorMessage());
}
$response = $client->getResponse();
echo "USD1000 is currently equal to GBP " . $response['amount'];

The demo shows you how to get the current value of USD 1000 in British Pound (GBP). Hopefully this example will be useful for you to build a working currency exchage webapp using foxrate.org api

Download the sample code here : foxrate_rpc_1.zip

Tags: xmlrpc, xml-rpc, foxrate, currency exchange, foreign exchange, web api, rpc