Zend_Rest_Server Introduction Zend_Rest_Server is intended as a fully-featured REST server. REST Server Usage Basic Zend_Rest_Server Usage - Classes setClass('My_Service_Class'); $server->handle(); ]]> Basic Zend_Rest_Server Usage - Functions addFunction('sayHello'); $server->handle(); ]]> Calling a Zend_Rest_Server Service To call a Zend_Rest_Server service, you must supply a GET/POST method argument with a value that is the method you wish to call. You can then follow that up with any number of arguments using either the name of the argument (i.e. "who") or using arg following by the numeric position of the argument (i.e. "arg1"). Numeric index Numeric arguments use a 1-based index. To call sayHello from the example above, you can use either: ?method=sayHello&who=Davey&when=Day or: ?method=sayHello&arg1=Davey&arg2=Day Sending A Custom Status When returning values, to return a custom status, you may return an array with a status key. Returning Custom Status "An Error Occurred", 'status' => false); } $server = new Zend_Rest_Server(); $server->addFunction('sayHello'); $server->handle(); ]]> Returning Custom XML Responses If you wish to return custom XML, simply return a DOMDocument, DOMElement or SimpleXMLElement object. Return Custom XML Hey $who! Hope you\'re having a good $when 200 '; $xml = simplexml_load_string($xml); return $xml; } $server = new Zend_Rest_Server(); $server->addFunction('sayHello'); $server->handle(); ]]> The response from the service will be returned without modification to the client.