RESTful PHP example

netflix.php

# Inspirational sources:
# http://netflixroulette.net/api/
# http://www.ivangabriele.com/php-how-to-use-4-methods-delete-get-post-put-in-a-restful-api-client-using-curl/
# https://github.com/toddmotto/public-apis

function netflix_getter() {
  $request = 'http://netflixroulette.net/api/api.php';

  json_decode($request);

  $method_name = 'GET';

  $request_params = 'Tom Cruise';

  if ($request === FALSE) {
    exit;
  }

  $ch = curl_init();
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);

  if ($method_name == 'GET') {
    $request .= '?actor=' . $request_params;
  }

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Accept: application/json'));

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $request);

  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);

  $response_info = curl_getinfo($ch);

  curl_close($ch);

  print json_encode($response);
  exit;
}