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HTTP SOAP 1.1 Request and Response using POST

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Demonstrates a working SOAP 1.1 request and response using POST with a live server. You may try running this example with the URLs and data provided. See http://secure.smartbearsoftware.com/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx?WSDL for details

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Also see Chilkat's Online WSDL Code Generator
// to generate code and SOAP Request and Response XML for each operation in a WSDL.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$http = new CkHttp();

// Generate the following XML:

// <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:smar="http://smartbear.com">
//    <soapenv:Header/>
//    <soapenv:Body>
//       <smar:HelloWorld/>
//    </soapenv:Body>
// </soapenv:Envelope>

$soapXml = new CkXml();
$soapXml->put_Tag('soapenv:Envelope');
$soapXml->AddAttribute('xmlns:soapenv','http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/');
$soapXml->AddAttribute('xmlns:smar','http://smartbear.com');
$soapXml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Header','');
$soapXml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|smar:HelloWorld','');

print $soapXml->getXml() . "\n";

$req = new CkHttpRequest();
$req->put_HttpVerb('POST');
$req->put_SendCharset(false);
$req->AddHeader('Content-Type','text/xml; charset=utf-8');
$req->AddHeader('SOAPAction','http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld');
$req->put_Path('/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx');
$success = $req->LoadBodyFromString($soapXml->getXml(),'utf-8');

$http->put_FollowRedirects(true);

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpSReq('secure.smartbearsoftware.com',443,true,$req,$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$xmlResponse = new CkXml();
$success = $xmlResponse->LoadXml($resp->bodyStr());
print $xmlResponse->getXml() . "\n";

// A successful XML response:

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
// <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
//     <soap:Body>
//         <HelloWorldResponse xmlns="http://smartbear.com">
//             <HelloWorldResult>Hello World</HelloWorldResult>
//         </HelloWorldResponse>
//     </soap:Body>
// </soap:Envelope>

?>