SLIM Framework

http://www.androidhive.info/2014/01/how-to-create-rest-api-for-android-app-using-php-slim-and-mysql-day-12-2/

http://www.androidhive.info/2014/01/how-to-create-rest-api-for-android-app-using-php-slim-and-mysql-day-23/

http://code.ciphertrick.com/2015/01/01/create-a-restful-api-using-php-my-sql-and-slim-framework/

https://www.hurl.it/

chrome-extension://hgmloofddffdnphfgcellkdfbfbjeloo/RestClient.html#RequestPlace:default

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3407823/mysqlnd-driver-in-php-5-3-2-on-ubuntu-10-04

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23158943/install-both-mysql-and-mysqlnd-on-ubuntu-12-04

STEPS

sudo apt-get install php5-mysqlnd
extension=mysqlnd.so
sudo php5enmod mysqlnd
sudo service apache2 restart (if you're using apache2)
or
sudo service nginx restart (if you're using nginx)