Posted by ELINTPimp on 08/31/07 16:25

On Aug 31, 9:54 am, Joshua Beall <joshbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've got the following PHP code:
>
> $service = new SoapClient("http://www.webservicex.net/length.asmx?
> wsdl");
> $result = $service->ChangeLengthUnit(10,"Inches","Centimeters");
> var_dump($result);
>
> It returns:
>
> object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
> ["ChangeLengthUnitResult"]=>
> float(0)
>
> }
>
> If you manually go tohttp://www.webservicex.net/length.asmx?op=ChangeLengthUnit
> and try the operation yourself, you'll see that it returns 2.54.
>
> I used Wireshark to see what SOAP request was actually being sent, and
> here's what I found:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/
> envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://www.webserviceX.NET/">
> <SOAP-ENV:Body>
> <ns1:ChangeLengthUnit/>
> <param1>Inches</param1>
> <param2>Centimeters</param2>
> </SOAP-ENV:Body>
> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
>
> This isn't right! Here's what the request *should* look like. The XML
> namespaces are different, but that's ok; the problem is the content of
> the Body element.
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://
> schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
> <soap:Body>
> <ChangeLengthUnit xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET/">
> <LengthValue>1</LengthValue>
> <fromLengthUnit>Inches</fromLengthUnit>
> <toLengthUnit>Centimeters/ChangeLengthUnit>
> </soap:Body>
> </soap:Envelope>
>
> Windows XP Pro, IIS 5.1, and PHP 5.2.1 -- is there a bug that was
> resolved in later versions of PHP? Or am I missing something?
>
> -Josh

Are you pointing to the correct WSDL for your request? It looks like
it isn't receiving the correct format the is expected by the server.

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