SOAP - SImple Object Access Protocol

What is SOAP?

The basic Web services platform consists of HTTP + XML

HTTP is the standard web [Internet] protocol.

XML provides a common language interface between different platforms and programming languages.

SOAP allows applications to exchange information over HTTP.

SOAP [Simple Object Access Protocol] is a simple and extensible communication protocol that is both platform independent and language independent.

It is:

based on XML for communication between applications via the Internet, and used as a format for sending messages via the Internet.
allows access around firewalls
being developed as a W3C standard.

SOAP has been further enhanced in its capability by AXIS, which acts as a SOAP engine.

is_soap_fault — Checks if SOAP call was failed

SoapClient->__call() — Calls a SOAP function (deprecated)

SoapClient->__construct() — SoapClient constructor

SoapClient->__doRequest() — Performs a SOAP request

SoapClient->__getFunctions() — Returns list of SOAP functions

SoapClient->__getLastRequest() — Returns last SOAP request

SoapClient->__getLastRequestHeaders() — Returns last SOAP request headers

SoapClient->__getLastResponse() — Returns last SOAP response.

SoapClient->__getLastResponseHeaders() — Returns last SOAP response headers.

SoapClient->__getTypes() — Returns list of SOAP types

SoapClient->__setCookie() — Sets the cookie that will be sent with the SOAP request

SoapClient->__soapCall() — Calls a SOAP function

SoapFault->__construct() — SoapFault constructor

SoapHeader->__construct() — SoapHeader constructor

SoapParam->__construct() — SoapParam constructor

SoapServer->addFunction() — Adds one or several functions those will handle SOAP requests

SoapServer->__construct() — SoapServer constructor

SoapServer->fault() — Issue SoapServer fault indicating an error

SoapServer->getFunctions() — Returns list of defined functions

SoapServer->handle() — Handles a SOAP request

SoapServer->setClass() — Sets class which will handle SOAP requests

SoapServer->setPersistence() — Sets persistence mode of SoapServer

SoapVar->__construct() — SoapVar constructor

use_soap_error_handler — Set whether to use the SOAP error handler and return the former value

For more information on SOAP and AXIS

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