This tutorial will provide coverage of SOAP support in PHP, including a look at PEAR::SOAP, NuSOAP and the php-soap extension. The basics of the SOAP and WSDL specs will also be covered to provide an understanding of how SOAP works.

Outline:

• What Web Services are to PHP
• Introduction to SOAP and WSDL
• The basics of PEAR::SOAP, NuSOAP and php-soap
• How to use SOAP over SMTP
• SOAP with Attachments for sending binary data
• Using XSLT and DOM with SOAP
• Looking forward