Hello_There.php - First Example of SOAP

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∟SOAP Extension Function and Calling Web Services

∟Hello_There.php - First Example of SOAP

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the SOAP extension to call a Web service provided by herongyang.com to get a greeting message.

To show you an example of how PHP SOAP extension can be used in a SOAP client application, here is my first SOAP PHP script, Hello_There.php

<?php
#  Hello_There.php
#- Copyright 2009-2015 (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.
#
   $client = new SoapClient
      ("http://herongyang.com/Service/Hello_WSDL_11_SOAP.wsdl");
   echo("\nReturning value of Hello() call: ".$client->Hello());
?>

Run it while your computer is connected to the Internet. You will get:

herong> php Hello_There.php

Returning value of Hello() call:
      Hello from server - herongyang.com.

Very nice. This confirms that:

PHP SOAP extension is easy to use. Two statements are enough to call a SOAP service.
You PHP SOAP extension is installed correctly and working.
PHP SOAP extension supports WSDL.

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Introduction and Installation of PHP

PHP Script File Syntax

PHP Data Types and Data Literals

Variables, References, and Constants

Expressions, Operations and Type Conversions

Conditional Statements - "if" and "switch"

Loop Statements - "while", "for", and "do ... while"

Function Declaration, Arguments, and Return Values

Arrays - Ordered Maps

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Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server

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Creating and Managing Sessions in PHP Scripts

Sending and Receiving Cookies in PHP Scripts

Controlling HTTP Response Header Lines in PHP Scripts

Managing File Upload

MySQL Server Connection and Access Functions

Functions to Manage Directories, Files and Images

►SOAP Extension Function and Calling Web Services

PHP Implementations of SOAP

Turning on the Default SOAP Extension

►Hello_There.php - First Example of SOAP

SoapClient - SOAP Client Class and Functions

Hello_There_Dump.php - Debugging SOAP Messages

Using SOAP Extension in non-WSDL Mode

SOAP Server Functions and Examples

Localization Overview of Web Applications

Using Non-ASCII Characters in HTML Documents

Using Non-ASCII Characters as PHP Script String Literals

Receiving Non-ASCII Characters from Input Forms

"mbstring" Extension and Non-ASCII Encoding Management

Managing Non-ASCII Character Strings with MySQL Servers

Parsing and Managing HTML Documents

Configuring and Sending Out Emails

Image and Picture Processing

Managing ZIP Archive Files

Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS

Managing PHP Engine and Modules on CentOS

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