Setting up a SOAP web service with php used to seem pretty intimidating to me, until I finally decided that I would hunker down and build my own WSDL. Now that I’ve successfully gone through the process of building a SOAP web service with php5, I would say that it really isn’t all that bad. I was actually quite surprised at how easy it was in the end.
To get started, I recommend the PHP Soap Extension article found on the Zend Developer Zone website. Before going through the tutorial you’ll need to make sure that you are running on php 5 with the soap extension installed. If you’re not sure if you are on version 5 or if the SOAP extension is indeed installed, create a script with the following code: Continue reading “SOAP Server with PHP5”