How to get a SOAP post in PHP? - php

Question

OK n00b here with SOAP,
Would like some clarification on how to use SOAP.
Question:
I have a Java JSP that posts a WSDL (Looks like XML format) to my PHP script, but how do I get this in the PHP script? The URL for the WSDL will be different every time.
I'm sure it's very simple but just don't see how or am I not understanding this correctly?

Answer 1

You can try something like this:
try {
if (!($xml = file_get_contents('php://input'))) {
throw new Exception('Could not read POST data.');
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
print('Did not successfully process HTTP request: '.$e->getMessage());
exit;
}
This will read the body of the POST request to the $xml variable and print an error if there is one.

Answer 2

Do you mean that the JSP sends the WSDL in a POST request to the PHP script?
If so, have a look at the $_POST array. If you specify exactly how the JSP sends it, I can probably help you more.
Anyway, once you have the WSDL url in a variable in your PHP script, you can have at it with the SoapClient class.

Answer 3

Assuming the best scenario:
$soapClient = new SoapClient($wsdlUrl, $soapOptions);
$soapClient->callYourMethod();
But you're likely to hit a lot of brick walls when using SOAP. Here's the documentation for SoapClient.
Edit:
So, the WSDL is POST-ed. Then, you could access it either by using $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA if the XML string was sent as the HTTP body, or by using the $_FILES superglobal if the XML string was send as a part of a multipart request.
Something like this:
$wsdl = $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA;
$wsdlUrl = 'data:text/xml;base64,' . base64_encode($wsdl);
$soapClient = new SoapClient($wsdlUrl);
Anyway, $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is only available if the php.ini setting always_populate_raw_post_data is turned on. Also, if the request was multipart, this setting is ignored, $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is not populated but you get access to the posted parts using $_FILES. And you may, indeed, use php://input instead of $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA.
Also, data URIs may only be used when allow_url_fopen is turned on in php.ini.