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PHP Exchange Rate API: Get exchange rate for currency and precious metals

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This class can get exchange rate for currency and precious metals.

It can send HTTP requests to currencylayer Web service API Web server to request the exchange rates between currencies and precious metals.


Currently it supports 168 currencies and precious metals, including Bitcoin supported.

It also provides historical data as far back as the year 2000.

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Number 14		 Getting the exchange rate is useful often in applications that deal with multiple currencies.

However, sometimes you need not only the rates for exchanging between currencies on the current day, but also on past dates.

This class provides means to obtain currency and precious metal exchange rates on any past date starting the year 2000 using the currencylayer API.

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Example

<?php
/*
example usage
currencyLayer ver 1.0

You must get an API key from https://currencylayer.com/product
and enter it in the currency.class.php file
*/

//turning off low level notices
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

//set your plan to diplay features associated with it.
//plans are free, basic, professional and enterprise
$plan = 'free';

//instantiate the class
include('currency.class.php');
$currencyLayer = new currencyLayer();

/*
Get basic quotes
*/

//set our endpoint
//defaults to the live endpoint, but we will set it just to be safe
$currencyLayer->setEndPoint('live');

//specify the currencies we want quotes for
//if this parameter is not set, quotes for all 168 supported currencies will be returned
//we want to limit the bandwidth and response time by only getting the currencies we need
$currencyLayer->setParam('currencies','BTC,EUR,GBP');

//get the response from the api
$currencyLayer->getResponse();

//the reponse property will contain the response returned from the api
echo '<h4>Basic quote request for Bitcoin, Euro and British Pound</h4>';
echo 'USD to BTC = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->USDBTC.'<br>';
echo 'USD to EUR = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->USDEUR.'<br>';
echo 'USD to GBP = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->USDGBP.'<br>';

/*
Convert currency using the class method
*/

echo '<h4>Currency conversion using class method</h4>';
echo '10 USD = '.$currencyLayer->convertCurrency(10,'BTC').' BTC<br>';
echo '10 USD = '.$currencyLayer->convertCurrency(10,'EUR').' EUR<br>';
echo '10 USD = '.$currencyLayer->convertCurrency(10,'GBP').' GBP<br>';

/*
Get historical quotes
*/

//we still have our previous parameters set, so we don't need to set them again
//we do need to change to the historical endpoint
$currencyLayer->setEndPoint('historical');

//specify the date we want quotes from
//date format is YYYY-MM-DD
$currencyLayer->setParam('date','2010-04-15');

//get the response from the api
$currencyLayer->getResponse();

//the response property now contains the new response
echo '<h4>Historical quote request</h4>';
echo 'Exchange rate on '.$currencyLayer->response->date.'<br>';
echo 'USD to BTC = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->USDBTC.'<br>';
echo 'USD to EUR = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->USDEUR.'<br>';
echo 'USD to GBP = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->USDGBP.'<br>';




if( $plan == 'basic' OR $plan == 'professional' OR $plan == 'enterprise' ){
   
/*
Works in all plans except free
*/
   
/*
Switch source currency
*/
   
    //make sure our endpoint is live
    $currencyLayer->setEndPoint('live');
   
    //set our source currency to the Australian dollar
    $currencyLayer->setParam('source','AUD');
   
    //we have previously set the date parameter
    //remove the date parameter that we don't want with this request
    $currencyLayer->setParam('date',null);
   
    //get the response from the api
    $currencyLayer->getResponse();
   
    //we now have quotes relative to the AUD
    echo '<h4>Source currency changed to the AUD</h4>';
    echo 'AUD to BTC = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->AUDBTC.'<br>';
    echo 'AUD to EUR = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->AUDEUR.'<br>';
    echo 'AUD to GBP = '.$currencyLayer->response->quotes->AUDGBP.'<br>';
   
    if( $plan="professional" OR $plan = 'enterprise' ){
       
/*
Works in the professional and enterprise plans
*/
   
/*
currency conversion through the api
*/
       
        //reset all our parameters and start over
        $currencyLayer->resetParams();
       
        //set our endpoint to convert
        $currencyLayer->setEndPoint('convert');
       
        //convert from AUD
        $currencyLayer->setParam('from','AUD');
       
        //convert to USD
        $currencyLayer->setParam('to','USD');
       
        //set amount of AUD to convert
        $currencyLayer->setParam('amount',10);
       
        //get the response from the api
        $currencyLayer->getResponse();
       
        echo '<h4>Convert Currency through API</h4>';
        echo $currencyLayer->response->query->amount.' '.$currencyLayer->response->query->from.' = '.$currencyLayer->response->result.' '.$currencyLayer->response->query->to.'<br>';
       
    }
   
}

?>


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