Real examples of a API Client class - php

Question

I'm trying to find some simple examples of a PHP class accessing a distributed API.
Whenever I search for a PHP API client it gives way too much information on building the API itself and little in the way of real access methods beyond the curl examples. A PHP class that includes a good curl method and a way to handle the requests would be nice. I learn by example and lots of re-arranging.
I started with a construct to catch the usual connection settings:
private $hosts = array( URI_1, URI_2, URI_3);
private $users = array( USER_1, USER_2, USER_3);
private $pass = array( PASS_1, PASS_2, PASS_3);
public function __construct($request = array())
{
if (is_array($request)) {
if(isset($request['hostname'])) {
if(in_array($request['hostname'], $hosts)) {
$this->input['hostname'] = $request['hostname'];
}
}
if (isset($request['username'])) {
if(in_array($request['username'], $users)) {
$this->input['username'] = $request['username'];
}
}
if (isset($request['password'])) {
if (in_array($request['password'], $pass)) {
$this->input['password'] = $request['password'];
}
}
if (isset($this->input['hostname']) &&
isset($this->input['username']) &&
isset($this->input['password'])) {
return true;
}
} else {
return false;
}
}
Some simple examples of best practices would make this a lot easier.

Answer 1

Try out Guzzle:
Guzzle takes the pain out of sending HTTP requests and the redundancy
out of creating web service clients.
Guzzle is a framework that includes the tools needed to create a
robust web service client, including: Service descriptions for
defining the inputs and outputs of an API, resource iterators for
traversing paginated resources, batching for sending a large number of
requests as efficiently as possible.