Example 8 (client5.php) - Zend

This article describes the new SOAP extension for PHP. It is intended for PHP developers who want to write their own Web Services servers, or use SOAP to access existing ones. It assumes some familiarity with Web Services, SOAP, and WSDL (Web Services Description Language).

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March 17, 2004

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<?php
  $client = new SoapClient("stockquote1.wsdl",array(
    "trace"      => 1,
    "exceptions" => 0));
  $client->getQuote("ibm");
  print "<pre>n";
  print "Request :n".htmlspecialchars($client->__getLastRequest()) ."n";
  print "Response:n".htmlspecialchars($client->__getLastResponse())."n";
  print "</pre>";
? >

Here is the output of the script. It is modified a little, to make it more easily understood.

Request: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"


<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
  xmlns:SOAP-ENV=
"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ soap/envelope/"
  xmlns:ns1="urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
  SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle=
"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
  <ns1:getQuote>
    <symbol xsi:type="xsd:string">ibm</symbol>
  </ns1:getQuote>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
  xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
  xmlns:ns1="urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" 
  SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
  <ns1:getQuoteResponse>
    <Result xsi:type="xsd:float">98.42</Result>
  </ns1:getQuoteResponse>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>