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Soap Server

A lightweight and modern SOAP server implementation for PHP 8.3+

Features

• 🚀 Modern PHP 8.3+ Attributes: Use PHP attributes to define SOAP services declaratively
• 📝 Auto-generated WSDL: Automatic WSDL generation from your service definitions
• 🎨 Beautiful Documentation UI: Modern, interactive HTML documentation with Jinja templates
• 🔧 Flexible Configuration: Support for both attribute-based and programmatic configuration
• 📊 Type Safety: Full support for complex types, arrays, and optional parameters
• 🌐 SOAP 1.1 & 1.2: Support for both SOAP versions
• 🎯 Discovery Support: Built-in DISCO (Discovery) document generation
• 📱 Responsive Design: Mobile-friendly service documentation interface

Installation

composer require byjg/soap-server

Quick Start

Using PHP Attributes (Recommended)

<?php

use ByJG\SoapServer\Attributes\{SoapService, SoapOperation, SoapParameter};
use ByJG\SoapServer\SoapAttributeParser;
use ByJG\SoapServer\ResponseWriter;

#[SoapService(
    serviceName: 'CalculatorService',
    namespace: 'http://example.com/calculator',
    description: 'A simple calculator web service'
)]
class Calculator
{
    #[SoapOperation(description: 'Adds two numbers together')]
    public function add(
        #[SoapParameter(description: 'First number')] int $a,
        #[SoapParameter(description: 'Second number')] int $b
    ): int {
        return $a + $b;
    }

    #[SoapOperation(description: 'Subtracts second from first')]
    public function subtract(int $a, int $b): int
    {
        return $a - $b;
    }
}

// Start the service
$handler = SoapAttributeParser::parse(Calculator::class);
$response = $handler->handle();
ResponseWriter::output($response);

Using Programmatic Configuration

<?php

use ByJG\SoapServer\{SoapHandler, SoapOperationConfig, SoapParameterConfig, SoapType};
use ByJG\SoapServer\ResponseWriter;

$addOperation = new SoapOperationConfig();
$addOperation->description = 'Adds two numbers';
$addOperation->args = [
    new SoapParameterConfig('a', SoapType::Integer),
    new SoapParameterConfig('b', SoapType::Integer)
];
$addOperation->returnType = SoapType::Integer;
$addOperation->executor = function(array $params) {
    return $params['a'] + $params['b'];
};

$handler = new SoapHandler(
    soapItems: ['add' => $addOperation],
    serviceName: 'CalculatorService'
);
$response = $handler->handle();
ResponseWriter::output($response);

Running the Service

Start PHP's built-in web server:

php -S localhost:8080 calculator.php

Then access:

• Service Documentation: http://localhost:8080
• WSDL: http://localhost:8080?wsdl
• DISCO: http://localhost:8080?DISCO

Running Tests

composer install
composer test

Running Static Analysis

composer psalm

Documentation

Comprehensive documentation is available:

• Getting Started - Create your first SOAP service
• Using Attributes - Attribute-based configuration guide
• Programmatic Configuration - API-based configuration
• Complex Types - Working with custom classes and objects
• Templates - Customizing the service documentation UI

License and Acknowledgments

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Note: Parts of this codebase were derived from an older PHP class originally licensed under the PHP License. The original code has been modernized and adapted for this project. For detailed information about the licensing and acknowledgments, see License Acknowledgments.

Dependencies

flowchart TD
    byjg/soap-server --> byjg/jinja-php
    byjg/soap-server --> byjg/webrequest
    byjg/soap-server --> byjg/serializer

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