Setting Up For Php Development; Prerequisites - VMware VCLOUD SDK 1.0 - FOR PHP DEVELOPERS GUIDE Manual

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Setting Up for PHP Development

This chapter describes how to prepare for using the vCloud SDK for PHP, and how to download the SDK and
use it.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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"Prerequisites" on page 13
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"Download and Install the vCloud SDK for PHP" on page 14

Prerequisites

The vCloud SDK for PHP requires the following software to be installed on the computer where you install
the SDK:
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PHP 5.3.1 or later.
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The PEAR HTTP_Request2 package, version 0.5.1, available from
(http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2/download.
This document and the SDK reference documentation assume that you are familiar with the PHP
programming language and have access to an installation of VMware vCloud Director. In addition, you should
consider the following:
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Although the vCloud SDK for PHP reference documentation provides information about the vCloud API
XML schemas, which define the objects and operations that the SDK supports, familiarity with the details
of the underlying objects and operations, as described in the vCloud API Programming Guide, can help you
understand the structure of vCloud API objects, and how the methods in this SDK operate on those
objects.
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Before you can run the examples, you must use the vCloud Director web console or the vCloud API to
create an organization, catalog, and vDC that the examples can use. The organization must have a user
account with rights to run the examples. The predefined CatalogAuthor role should provide all the
necessary rights. For more information about roles and rights, see the VMware Cloud Director
Administratorʹs Guide.
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Several of the example programs require you to have an OVF package available on the client host. This
package must be uncompressed, and can specify one or more vmdk files. For more information about OVF,
see the vCloud API Programming Guide.
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