Article Discussion: Building XML Web Services with PHP NuSOAP

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This is a wonderful article! I can't seem to get the sample VB code to work though. I can run the cvs.php locally from my machine via IE.

However, when I change all the URLs with the VB code to http://localhost:8081/php_ws/cvs.php it doesn't do anything when I run the application.

I.E., no text appears and nothing happens when I click the button.

Any ideas? Can I access this via local machine?

I'm doing some experimentation with InfoPath (Office 2003 beta2) and I'd REALLY like to use a NuSOAP web service to recieve my InfoPath forms...

So I set up my form, and tries to make a connection to the webservice, but InfoPath says I'm using rpc encoding and the it only accepts "document literal encoding".

I really don't know what that means, but I tried to do some manipulation of the ConfigureWSDL() function, as it seems it has a "style" parameter (4:th param...). The result was the following:
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WSDLOperation:The operation echoString is defined as document/encoded. This is unsupported HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLOperation:Initializing of the input message failed for operation echoString HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLPort:An operation for port InteropTestPort could not be initialized HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLPort:Analyzing the binding information for port InteropTestPort failed HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLService:Initialization of the port for service InteropTest failed HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
- WSDLReader:Analyzing the WSDL file failed HRESULT=0x80004005: Unspecified error
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Pretty ugly, I think... any ideas?

Great Article,

I noticed in the article that you could download the VB Code.
I can't find a link anyplace to download it. Has it been pulled?

Randy

Any luck on using InfoPath and NuSOAP ? I am getting the same errors.

Without complete code listing (VB6 stuff), the whole thing is bloody useless!

Found this article on MSDN - I just experienced a similar issue trying to get InfoPath to submit a form to an application we've just purchased to manage service tickets. It appears you can workaround, but I haven't had a chance to try it. Essentially, InfoPath only handles direct/literal encoding - there's been some fuss on other forums as to whether this is a good thing or not.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ipsdk/html/ipsdkRPCEncodingAndWebServices_HV01083593.asp