Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
SOAP is the acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol. It is a messaging protocol to exchange structure data, based on XML.
PHP supports SOAP with a native extension called ext/soap.
<?php
// Example from the soap documentation in PHP
function Add($tusk,$ivory) {
return $tusk+$ivory;
}
class LocalSoapClient extends SoapClient {
function __construct($wsdl, $options) {
parent::__construct($wsdl, $options);
$this->server = new SoapServer($wsdl, $options);
$this->server->addFunction('Add');
}
function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $one_way = 0) {
ob_start();
$this->server->handle($request);
$response = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $response;
}
}
$trunk = new LocalSoapClient(NULL,
['location'=>'test://',
'uri'=>'http://testuri.org',
],
);
var_dump($trunk->Add(3,4));
?>