BeSimpleSoap

Build SOAP and WSDL based web services. This fork from 2017 is a refactored version that fixes a lot of errors and provides better APi, more robust, stable and modern codebase. See How to use that will help you to understand the magic.

Components

BeSimpleSoap consists of five components ...

BeSimpleSoapClient

Refactored BeSimpleSoapClient is a component that extends the native PHP SoapClient with further features like SwA and WS-Security.

BeSimpleSoapServer

Refactored BeSimpleSoapServer is a component that extends the native PHP SoapServer with further features like SwA and WS-Security.

BeSimpleSoapCommon

Refactored BeSimpleSoapCommon component contains functionality shared by both the server and client implementations.

BeSimpleSoapWsdl

Currently unsupported! For further information see the README.

BeSimpleSoapBundle

Currently unsupported! The BeSimpleSoapBundle is a Symfony2 bundle to build WSDL and SOAP based web services. For further information see the the original README. May not work properly since the Symfony libraries were removed.

Installation

If you do not yet have composer, install it like this:

curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin

Create a composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "besimple/soap": "0.2.*@dev"
    }
}

Now you are ready to install the library:

php /usr/local/bin/composer.phar install

How to use

You can investigate the unit tests dir tests in order to get a clue. Forget about associative arrays, multiple extension and silent errors!

Small example of soap client call

$soapClientBuilder = new SoapClientBuilder();
$soapClient = $soapClientBuilder->build(
    SoapClientOptionsBuilder::createWithDefaults(),
    SoapOptionsBuilder::createWithDefaults('http://path/to/wsdlfile.wsdl')
);
$myRequest = new MyRequest();
$myRequest->attribute = 'string value';
$soapResponse = $soapClient->soapCall('myMethod', [$myRequest]);

var_dump($soapResponse); // Contains Response, Attachments

Something wrong?!

Turn on the tracking and catch SoapFaultWithTracingData exception to get some sweets :)

$myRequest = new MyRequest();
$myRequest->attribute = 'string value';

try {
    $soapResponse = $soapClient->soapCall('MyMethod', [$myRequest]);
} catch (SoapFaultWithTracingData $fault) {
    var_dump($fault->getSoapResponseTracingData()->getLastRequest());
}

In this example, a MyRequest object has been used to describe request. Using a ClassMap, you help SoapClient to turn it into XML request.

Small example of soap server handling

Starting a SOAP server is a bit more complex. I would suggest you to inspect SoapServer unit tests to get complete image. But don't be scared too much, you just need to create a DummyService that will handle your client SOAP calls.

$dummyService = new DummyService();
$classMap = new ClassMap();
foreach ($dummyService->getClassMap() as $type => $className) {
    $classMap->add($type, $className);
}
$soapServerBuilder = new SoapServerBuilder();
$soapServerOptions = SoapServerOptionsBuilder::createWithDefaults($dummyService);
$soapOptions = SoapOptionsBuilder::createWithClassMap($dummyService->getWsdlPath(), $classMap);
$soapServer = $soapServerBuilder->build($soapServerOptions, $soapOptions);

$request = $soapServer->createRequest(
    $dummyService->getEndpoint(),
    'DummyService.dummyServiceMethod',
    'text/xml;charset=UTF-8',
    '<received><soap><request><here /></request></soap></received>'
);
$response = $soapServer->handleRequest($request);

var_dump($response); // Contains Response, Attachments

In this example, a DummyService service has been used to handle request. Using a service can help you create coherent SoapServer endpoints. Service can hold an endpoint URL, WSDL path and a class map as associative array. You can hold a class map as ClassMap object directly in the DummyService instead of array.