About This Book - VMware VCLOUD SDK 1.0 - FOR PHP DEVELOPERS GUIDE Manual

About This Book

This book, the vCloud SDK for PHP Developer's Guide, provides information about setting up your development
environment to use the VMware vCloud
VMware provides several APIs and SDKs for different applications and goals. This book provides information
about using the vCloud SDK for PHP for developers who are creating PHP client applications for VMware
vCloud Director.
To view the current version of this book as well as all VMware API and SDK documentation, go to
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html.
Revision History
This guide is revised with each release of the product or when necessary. A revised version can contain minor
or major changes. Table
Table 1. Revision History
Revision Description
01NOV10 Version 1.0. Amendments and minor corrections to Beta content.
31AUG10 Version 1.0 (Beta)
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for software developers who are building vCloud API applications, including
interactive clients of VMware Cloud Director. This guide assumes you are familiar with the PHP
programming language, Representational State Transfer (REST) and RESTful programming conventions, the
Open Virtualization Format Specification (OVFS), and VMware virtual machine technology. Familiarity with
other technologies such as XML, HTTP, and the Windows or Linux operating systems is also assumed.
VMware Technical Publications Glossary
VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For definitions
of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
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Technical Support and Education Resources
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of other VMware books, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
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1 summarizes the significant changes in each version of this guide.
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