PHP SOAP Extension in PHP 5.3.1

WSDL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 2.03, by Dr. Herong Yang

WSDL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟PHP SOAP Extension in PHP 5.3.1

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on SOAP Extension in PHP 5.3.1. Topics include downloading and installing PHP 5.3.1; configuring SOAP Extension; reviewing SoapClient class and methods; calling RPC method based and XML document based Web services; rpc/encoded style requiring encodingStyle attribute; SoapVar constructor creating encoded values; XSD_ANYXML creating raw XML document.

What Is PHP SOAP Extension?

Downloading and Installing PHP 5.3.1

Configuring and Testing SOAP Extension

Methods on the SoapClient Class

Calling an RPC Method Based Web Service

encodingStyle="uri" Required for rpc/encoded

SoapParam Constructor - Creating Named Parameters

SoapVar Constructor - Creating Encoded Values

XSD_ANYXML Encoding - Building SOAP Body Element

Calling an XML Document Based Web Service

Conclusions:

SOAP Extension included in PHP 5.3.1 does support WSDL 1.1 document.
SoapClient class is very easy to use.
Calling RPC method based Web services is straightforward. But it requires the WSDL document to include the encodingStyle="uri" attribute.
Calling XML document based Web services requires the help of the SoapVar($xml,XSD_ANYXML) constructor.