How to make a PHP SOAP call using the SoapClient class

Question

I\'m used to writing PHP code, but do not often use Object-Oriented coding. I now need to interact with SOAP (as a client) and am not able to get the syntax right. I\'ve got

Answer 1

This is what you need to do.

I tried to recreate the situation...

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• For this example, I created a .NET sample WebService (WS) with a WebMethod called Function1 expecting the following params:

Function1(Contact Contact, string description, int amount)

• Where Contact is just a model that has getters and setters for id and name like in your case.

• You can download the .NET sample WS at:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6pz1w94a52o5xah/11593623.zip

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The code.

This is what you need to do at PHP side:

(Tested and working)

id = $id;
        $this->name = $name;
    }
}

// Initialize WS with the WSDL
$client = new SoapClient("http://localhost:10139/Service1.asmx?wsdl");

// Create Contact obj
$contact = new Contact(100, "John");

// Set request params
$params = array(
  "Contact" => $contact,
  "description" => "Barrel of Oil",
  "amount" => 500,
);

// Invoke WS method (Function1) with the request params 
$response = $client->__soapCall("Function1", array($params));

// Print WS response
var_dump($response);

?>

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Testing the whole thing.

• If you do print_r($params) you will see the following output, as your WS would expect:

Array ( [Contact] => Contact Object ( [id] => 100 [name] => John ) [description] => Barrel of Oil [amount] => 500 )

• When I debugged the .NET sample WS I got the following:

(As you can see, Contact object is not null nor the other params. That means your request was successfully done from PHP side)

• The response from the .NET sample WS was the expected one and this is what I got at PHP side:

object(stdClass)[3] public 'Function1Result' => string 'Detailed information of your request! id: 100, name: John, description: Barrel of Oil, amount: 500' (length=98)

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Happy Coding!