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∟SOAP Module - Creating and Calling Web Services

∟SoapClient - SOAP Client Class and Functions

This section describes the SoapClient class and functions provided in the SOAP extension library for writing SOAP client application. __soapCall() allows you to make a RPC function call on the target SOAP node.

If you read the SOAP Extension reference page, you will see that SOAP extension support SOAP client applications with a class called SoapClient, which offers the following functions:

SoapClient->__construct() allows you to construct a new SoapClient object with the following syntax: 

   __construct ( mixed wsdl [, array options] );

where "wsdl" specifies the URL of the WSDL document, and "options" specifies a list of options: 

   'location'     => "...", # the URL where to send the request
   'uri'          => "...", # the name space of the SOAP service
   'soap_version' => SOAP_1_1 | SOAP_1_2,
   'trace'        => 0 | 1,
   ...

Note that SoapClient object can be constructed in two modes, WSDL mode and non-WSDL mode: 

   __construct( "..."[, array options] ); # WSDL mode, many options
      # are provided by the WSDL document
   __construct( null, array options ); # non-WSDL mode, 'location'
      # and 'uri' are required options.

SoapClient->__getFunctions() allows you to get a list of functions supported by the target node. This function is only valid in WSDL mode: 

   array $a = $obj->__getFunctions();

SoapClient->__soapCall() allows you to make a RPC function call on the target SOAP node. 

   $obj->__soapCall(string func_name[, array arguments [, ...]]);

Note that in WSDL mode, you can also make a RPC call as a local method on the SoapClient object: 

   $obj->func_name(arg1, arg2, ...);

SoapClient->__getLastRequestHeaders() allows you to retrieve the HTTP request header lines of the last SOAP request executed. This function works only if the SoapClient object was created with the option of "trace=1". 

   string $s = $obj->__getLastRequestHeaders();

SoapClient->__getLastRequest() allows you to retrieve SOAP request message of the last SOAP request executed. This function works only if the SoapClient object was created with the option of "trace=1". 

   string $s = $obj->__getLastRequest();

SoapClient->__getLastResponseHeaders() allows you to retrieve the HTTP response header lines of the last SOAP request executed. This function works only if the SoapClient object was created with the option of "trace=1". 

   string $s = $obj->__getLastRequestHeaders();

SoapClient->__getLastResponse() allows you to retrieve SOAP response message of the last SOAP request executed. This function works only if the SoapClient object was created with the option of "trace=1". 

   string $s = $obj->__getLastResponse();

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction and Installation of PHP

 Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS

 Managing PHP Engine and Modules on CentOS

 cURL Module - Client for URL

 DOM Module - Parsing HTML Documents

 GD Module - Manipulating Images and Pictures

 MySQLi Module - Accessing MySQL Server

 OpenSSL Module - Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

 PCRE Module - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions

►SOAP Module - Creating and Calling Web Services

 SOAP Module and PHP Implementations of SOAP

 Turning on the Default SOAP Module

 Hello_There.php - First Example of SOAP

►SoapClient - SOAP Client Class and Functions

 Hello_There_Dump.php - Debugging SOAP Messages

 What Is WSDL

 Using SOAP Extension in non-WSDL Mode

 SOAP Module - Server Functions and Examples

 Zip Module - Managing ZIP Archive Files

 References

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