PHP SDK for Windows Azure

As part of Microsoft’s commitment to Interoperability, this open source project is an effort bridge PHP developers to Windows Azure. PHPAzure is an open source project to provide software development kit for Windows Azure and Windows Azure Storage – Blobs, Tables & Queues

Overview
- Enables PHP developers to take advantage of the Microsoft Cloud Services Platform – Windows Azure.
- Provides consistent programming model for Windows Azure Storage (Blobs, Tables & Queues)
Features
- PHP classes for Windows Azure Blobs, Tables & Queues (for CRUD operations)
- Helper Classes for HTTP transport, AuthN/AuthZ, REST & Error Management
- Manageability, Instrumentation & Logging support
- Support for storing PHP sessions in Azure Table Storage.
Logical architecture

PHP SDK for Windows Azure provides access to Windows Azure’s storage, computation and management interfaces by abstracting the REST/XML interface Windows Azure provides into a simple PHP API.

Deployment scenarios

An application built using PHP SDK for Windows Azure can access Windows Azure’s features, no matter if it is hosted on the Windows Azure platform or on an in-premise web server.