Generating WSDL when using PHP's native SOAP class?

Question

Hello,

I'm using the native SOAP class in PHP 5, having changed from NuSOAP as the native class is faster (and NuSOAP development seems to have ceased). However the PHP 5 SOAP lacks the ability to generate WSDL.

Has anyone experience of generating WSDL in PHP? If so, please recommend your preferred method.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Generating a WSDL on the fly is not something that happens very often - it would tend to raise a few questions about the stability of your service!

Zend Studio can generate a WSDL from a PHP class, and there are a few other similar tools.

If you do need to generate the WSDL dynamically, take a look at Zend_Soap_AutoDiscover

Answer 2

I decided easier just to try myself. After trying a couple, I easily managed to get http://www.schlossnagle.org/~george/blog/index.php?/archives/234-WSDL-Generation.html to generate the WSDL for me.

Answer 3

Hi Stuart,

We've since stopped using SOAP altogether but when I was working on the project I used NuSOAP to handle the SOAP layer, including generating the WSDL (those are a pain in the ass).

P.S. Please accept an answer (even if it's your own) so this question isn't considered "unanswered". Thanks. :)

Answer 4

Stuart,

If you or anyone else is looking for a solution to this problem here's what I did.

First get this script: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/download/zip/package/3509/name/php2wsdl-2009-05-15.zip

Then look at its example files. After that I just sliced it the way I needed because I'm using codeigniter:

function wsdl(){ error_reporting(0); require_once(APPPATH."/libraries/WSDLCreator.php"); //Path to the library $test = new WSDLCreator("Webservice", $this->site."/wsdl"); //$test->includeMethodsDocumentation(false);

$test->addFile(APPPATH."/controllers/gds.php");

$test->addURLToClass("GDS", $this->site);

$test->ignoreMethod(array("GDS"=>"GDS")); $test->ignoreMethod(array("GDS"=>"accessCheck"));

$test->createWSDL();

$test->printWSDL(true); // print with headers }

That it, your all done. Btw, I'm using SoapServer and SoapClient in php5+