On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Experts, > > I am coding an Online Shop and need to include a VAT validation for the > Europe Community. The Form can be found here: > > <http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/vatRequest.html> > > However, there is a SOAP API: > > <http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/checkVatService.wsdl> > > but I do not understand, how I have to use it. I need it very simple and > a response of "TRUE" or "FALSE" plus maybe an ERROR CODE is enough. I > would prefer to use a simple URL call and take the reponse to validate a > business customer. > > An help welcome. > > Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening > Michelle Konzack > Hi Michelle, You could start by looking at the PHP SoapClient [1], which takes a URI to a WSDL descriptor as argument. You can enter the URL to the WSDL file there, like this: $client = new SoapClient("http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/checkVatService.wsdl";); Now you need to know which function you want to call, let's say it's called SomeFunction, then you can do: $client->SomeFunction($paramA, $paramB); Hope this gets you started. - Matijn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
