Consuming a WCF Service from PHP
Below is an example PHP script which accesses the sample WCF Service defined by the WCF template in Visual Studio 2010.
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GetDataUsingDataContract(CompositeType composite)
This function is declared by the template WCF Service in Visual Studio 2010. It accepts a ‘CompositeType’ object as the parameter, which is itself defined within the webservice. This object has two properties, a bool called ‘boolValue’, and a string called ‘stringValue’.
To pass a parameter from PHP, a similar class has to be defined within the PHP as well.
//Declare the class that will be passed as the parameter
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class myCompositeType{
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public $boolValue;
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public $stringValue;
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}
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//instantiate an object of the class we just created
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$obj = new myCompositeType();
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//Assign values to the properties of the class
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$obj->boolValue=true;
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$obj->stringValue="World!";
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//Wrap up the object before it can be passed
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//Ensure that the array key is exactly the same as the expected parameter name declared in the webservice.
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$myParameter = array('composite'=>$obj);
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//Create a SOAP client
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$client = new SoapClient("path to your .wsdl");
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//Call the method, passing our parameter
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$retVal = $client->GetDataUsingDataContract($myParameter);
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//Handle the result, which is also an object of the myCompositeType class
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echo $retVal->GetDataUsingDataContractResult->stringVal;
(Ensure that the array key is exactly the same as the expected parameter name declared in the webservice.)