2008 September 21 | Dimuthu's Blog

WSDL2PHP makes the development of web service providers and consumers quick and easy. I wrote a 2 minutes guide on developing web services providers sometimes ago. So lets concentrate on developing web service consumers here.

Where is WSDL2PHP?

WSDL2PHP script is included in the WSF/PHP packs. You can find the wsdl2php.php script inside the ’scripts’ directory of any source or binary package. Or you can use the online wsd2php tool hosted in WSF/PHP web services DEMO Site.

How to Run the Script?

Here is the command

/scripts/wsdl2php.php mywsdl.wsdl > myclient.php

The Code is Generated. How Can I add My Code There?

It is simple. Just search for the comment “//TODO”.
Check for an example here.

You have to write custom code for 2 occasions per operation.

To Provide Input Parameters
To Handle output parameters.

An Example?

Here is the code snippet corresponding to the simpleAdd request for our demo WSDL.

    $input = new simpleAdd();
    //TODO: fill in the class fields of $input to match your business logic

    // call the operation
    $response = $proxy->simpleAdd($input);
    //TODO: Implement business logic to consume $response, which is of type simpleAddResponse

Here is how after I filled my logic in place of TODO comments.

    $input = new simpleAdd();
    //DONE: fill in the class fields of $input to match your business logic

    //-------my code----
    $input->param0 = 2;
    $input->param1 = 3;
    //------------------

    // call the operation
    $response = $proxy->simpleAdd($input);
    //DONE: Implement business logic to consume $response, which is of type simpleAddResponse

    //--------my code-----
    echo $response->return;
    //--------------------