Re: WSDL/SOAP/PHP5

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Dan Joseph <dmjoseph@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'm struggling with a WSDL trying to make it work right. I don't even >> know >> what to really ask. >> >> Basically I've created a WSDL and made a web service in PHP5. It doesn't >> seem to validate properly when a .NET client tries to hit > > > have you tried hitting it w/ soapUi ? thats a great tool for development. > > Is there something that can be used to generate the WSDL? > > > there are some things, but they are all independent projects, heres one for > example, > http://www.jool.nl/new/index.php?file_id=1 > > if you just google around a while for things like "php wsdl generator" you > can find some. i found something that looked good a few weeks back, but > having no immediate need for it, ive not used it, and dont recall where to > find it =/ > > >> Should I just abandon PHP5's SOAP and use NuSOAP? > > > obviously nusoap will be slower, but ive found the integrated php soap > stuff to be a little lean on the feature side. for example, when someone > was trying to work w/ soap attachments recently (client side issue > [obviously]) it appears there is no such support in the c code. i did find > some xml in the .phpt files that had the attachments, but there were no unit > tests that used them. > > i found some stuff in one of the soap packages in pear that did handle soap > attachments, but again, this code is php, not c. to summarize, the > integrated support for soap in php is great because its fast and you dont > have to do anything but include it in the php installation to use it. the > lacking features can be a bit painful tho. SoapClient is great, but server > side, if i ever have a need in my personal stuff for soap web services, ill > probly use java as its way more mature in this arena (and fast :D). > > -nathan > Thanks for the reply. I hadn't heard of soapUi until you mentioned it, I'll check it out. I had thought about using c# to re-create the web service, but I'm nearing a deadline and don't have time to venture into that. I agree with you that php5's soap is lacking. I'll look this over, thanks for your help. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. "Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life."