On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 And the URL I was referring to: [1] http://nl.php.net/manual/en/soapclient.soapclient.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
