PHP application with Wordpress XMLRPC - how to start?

Question

I need to write application in PHP that supports Wordpress XML-RPC and allows to add posts from that PHP application (other website) using XML-RPC.

1. Where I can find some tutorial or examples of XML-RPC in PHP for newbies?

2. Shall I use XMLRPCPHP from http://phpxmlrpc.sourceforge.net/ ?

Answer 1

In brief, xmlrpc is the method of remote procedure call, where call info is xml encoded.

xmlrpc server exposes a set of remote methods with input arguments and return type.

xmlrpc supports following argument types:

• int integer value
• double double-precision floating point value
• boolean boolean value
• string string value
• dateTime date/time value
• base64 base64 encoded binary data
• array array of values
• struct structure, where each member has name and value (similar to associative arrays)

Description of Wordpress methods exposed through xmlrpc

To add a post, you need to call wp.newPost with arguments: blog id, username, password and structure, representing post content.

XMLRPCPHP is a good choice.