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PHP Implementations of SOAP
This section describes the SOAP protocol and PHP implementations of SOAP. PEAR::Package::SOAP, NuSOAP, and php_soap.dll (from the PHP Group) seems to be 3 different SOAP implementations.
What Is SOAP? SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is an XML based protocol intended for exchanging structured information in a distributed application environment.
If you search the Web with key words of "PHP Implementation of SOAP", you may find these implementations:
PHP SOAP extension is included in the PHP distribution package:
herong> dir \php\ext\php_soap.dll 12/05/2018 09:38 PM 247,808 php_soap.dll
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Introduction and Installation of PHP
PHP Data Types and Data Literals
Variables, References, and Constants
Expressions, Operations and Type Conversions
Conditional Statements - "if" and "switch"
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►SOAP Extension Function and Calling Web Services
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
Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS