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PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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

$success = 0;

//  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 COM("Chilkat.Http");

//  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 COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$soapXml->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 COM("Chilkat.HttpRequest");
$req->HttpVerb = 'POST';
$req->SendCharset = 0;
$req->AddHeader('Content-Type','text/xml; charset=utf-8');
$req->AddHeader('SOAPAction','http://smartbear.com/HelloWorld');
$req->Path = '/samples/testcomplete10/webservices/Service.asmx';
$success = $req->LoadBodyFromString($soapXml->getXml(),'utf-8');

$http->FollowRedirects = 1;

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpSReq('secure.smartbearsoftware.com',443,1,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$xmlResponse = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$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>

?>