RE: [PHP3] RE: [PHP-DEV] SOAP and BizTalk

Hi, Just my opinions on this thread... - SOAP is definately slower than any other method e g EJB and Corba. But speed is becoming a less problem as we continue to grow older... - SOAP is much more flexible than EJB and Corba. What do you want to work with text or binary data? I go for text... and it's simple to. With EJB I must have Java, with Corba a ORB... that's why I gave that up. And btw, there is COM... but it only works in Bill's world. - There is support for firewalls in SOAP that can deny/accept requests. Read the FAQ. - Why MS support it? Well, imagine a world where Unix, AS/400 and Windows talk nice and simple with eachother... there is your answer. - Will SOAP be successful? Well, what are the most common used ORB in the world? Apache and IIS last time I checked... For the interested check out http://www.develop.com/soap/ and since SOAP is pretty similar to XMLRPC check out http://www.xmlrpc.org/ as well where there is a PHP version available. That might be a good start for SOAP adaption of PHP. Regards, Fredrik Larsson. Larsson Consulting, http://www.larsson.tc/ Phonenumber +46 708 65 68 20