Thread: Consuming WCF service with PHP

I'm trying to use a SOAP WCF (at least I hope that's what it is!) I have in one domain, in another domain using PHP.

I got it working on another domain using .NET by adding a service reference in VWD and uploading the files it generated and then using the respective namespace.

But I can't get it to work with PHP, and am a complete noob with PHP. I've basically just copied the example from Using WCF Services with PHP - Gunnar Peipman's ASP.NET blog and Using WCF Services With PHP 5 Geers’ Blog

PHP Code:

<?php
header('Content-Type: text/plain');

echo "WCF Test\r\n\r\n";

$client = new SoapClient('http://www.mydomain.com/webservices/mysoapEmailService.svc?wsdl');
$obj->loc = "none";
$obj->emailTo = "myemail@mydomain.com";
$obj->emailFrom = "myemail@myotherdomain.com";
$obj->subject = "test";
$obj->message = "test message";
$retval = $client->SendEmail($obj);

echo "Message: " . $retval->message;
?>

And All I get when I run it is 500 - Internal Server Error.

I installed PHP on my windows 2008 IIS7 server using the Web Platform Installer and I have run a simple PHP page, echo "Some Text" sort of thing. I've also commented out the code above on the $retval variable line and it runs fine, so it's obviously the call to the method that's wrong.

Any ideas how I go about debugging / solving this problem?

Oh...I've tried changing the PHP.ini file to display_errors = On etc. and still get the 500 error

OK. I think I've got somewhere.

It seems PHP doesn't like wsHttpBinding and you have to use basicHttpBinding for the endpoint.

Also, my ServiceContract only had a WebGetAttribute. I added a WebInvoke Method="POST" attribute and it is calling the web service now...w00t...