Bitcoin Exchange Rate Api PHP Script

In this post we have explained about how to get bitcoin exchange rate API PHP script. First of all, we have to know about What is a bitcoin.? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is uses for digital transactions. It is a decentralized system without any third party mediator. Bitcoins workflow is based on BlockChain.

Here we have some API calls available with GET request.

URL: https://blockchain.info/ticker

Returns a JSON object with the currency codes as keys. This response is the 15 mins delayed market price.

Response:  In above API returns currency symbol and last is the most recent exchange price.

Exchange currency rate API PHP script example:

$from_currency = "INR";
$to_currency = "BTC";
$amount = 500;

$url = "https://blockchain.info/tobtc?currency=$from_currency&value=$amount";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0); // On dev server only!
$result = curl_exec($ch);

echo "<h1> Exchange Rate From $from_currency TO BTC </h1>";

echo "<p> FROM: " . $amount . " " . $from_currency . "</p>";

echo "<p> TO: " . $result . " " . $to_currency . "</p>";

die;

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