soap query with php and wsdl to get result - php

Question

I'm having trouble finding a good example of how to do a soap call with a wsdl in php.
I found this example, but it's tied to the google function:
doGoogleSearch
$hits = $soap->doGoogleSearch('your google key',$query,0,10,
true,'',false,'lang_en','','');
I found this example for a wsdl, but I'm not seeing where my query goes:
missingQuery
So basically, this is what I have so far, but there's a lot missing:
$wsdlDB = "htmlString?wsdl";
// xml string for login and query I know works in soapUI with $var
$query = "$query =
'<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tri="http://blah/dbOurs/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<tri:sendTransaction>
<loginName>unernm</loginName>
<loginPassword>pw</loginPassword>
...
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>'
$result = "not sure where this ties in either";
$WSDL = new SOAP_WSDL($wsdlDB);
$soap = $WSDL->getProxy();
$hits = $soap->($query, $result);
//then I will extract $varAnswer from $result with regex probably
This is really unclear. Does anyone have any helpful info on how to submit the query to the DB with the WSDL? I shouldn't have to give the soap call a specific function to do the query with. It's supposed to get that from the wsdl definition.

Answer 1

Why not use the built in SoapClient. It will convert the input to the function into a Soap Message and extract the return message into an object; based on the WSDL.
A simple sample is shown below.
$blzCode = '10010424'; // Code to lookup
$wsdlDB = "http://www.thomas-bayer.com/axis2/services/BLZService?wsdl"; // WSDL URL
$client = new SoapClient($wsdlDB); // Create the client based on the WSDL
$returnValue = $client->GetBank(array('blz' => $blzCode)); // Pass in the Parameters to the call (Based on the WSDL's definition)
$bankDetails = $returnValue->details; // Extract the results
$bankName = $bankDetails->bezeichnung; // Extract some portion of the inner result
echo "Blz Code {$blzCode}'s bank name is {$bankName}" . PHP_EOL; // Do something with the data