checkVatBinding / checkVatApprox

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<?php

include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

$xml = new CkXml();
$xml->put_Tag('soapenv:Envelope');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:soapenv','http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns','urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types');
$xml->AddAttribute('xmlns:impl','urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Header','');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|countryCode','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|vatNumber','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderName','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderCompanyType','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderStreet','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderPostcode','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|traderCity','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|requesterCountryCode','string');
$xml->UpdateChildContent('soapenv:Body|checkVatApprox|requesterVatNumber','string');

// In a SOAP HTTP request, including the XML declaration (<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>) in the XML body is generally not required. 
$xml->put_EmitXmlDecl(false);
$soapRequestBody = $xml->getXml();

$endpoint = 'http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService';
$soapAction = '';
//  For SOAP requests, the standard Content-Type is usually set to "text/xml" or "application/soap+xml"
$contentType = 'text/xml';

$http = new CkHttp();

$http->ClearHeaders();
$http->SetRequestHeader('Content-Type',$contentType);
$http->SetRequestHeader('SOAPAction',$soapAction);

// resp is a CkHttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostXml($endpoint,$soapRequestBody,'utf-8');
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    print 'Failed to send SOAP request.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Get the XML response body.
$responseXml = new CkXml();
$resp->GetBodyXml($responseXml);

$statusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print 'response status code: ' . $statusCode . "\n";

// If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
// which probably contains error information.
if ($statusCode != 200) {
    print $responseXml->getXml() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $responseXml->getXml() . "\n";

// Parse the successful SOAP response XML.

// This is a sample of the response XML, but the namespace prefixes will be different.
// We can parse the result using "*" for the namespace prefixes (see below).

$Envelope_xmlns = $responseXml->getAttrValue('xmlns');
$countryCode = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|countryCode');
$vatNumber = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|vatNumber');
$requestDate = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|requestDate');
$valid = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|valid');
$traderName = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderName');
$traderCompanyType = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCompanyType');
$traderAddress = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderAddress');
$traderStreet = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderStreet');
$traderPostcode = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderPostcode');
$traderCity = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCity');
$traderNameMatch = $responseXml->GetChildIntValue('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderNameMatch');
$traderCompanyTypeMatch = $responseXml->GetChildIntValue('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCompanyTypeMatch');
$traderStreetMatch = $responseXml->GetChildIntValue('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderStreetMatch');
$traderPostcodeMatch = $responseXml->GetChildIntValue('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderPostcodeMatch');
$traderCityMatch = $responseXml->GetChildIntValue('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|traderCityMatch');
$requestIdentifier = $responseXml->getChildContent('*:Body|checkVatApproxResponse|requestIdentifier');

?>

Request XML

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types" xmlns:impl="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat">
    <soapenv:Header/>
    <soapenv:Body>
        <checkVatApprox>
            <countryCode>string</countryCode>
            <vatNumber>string</vatNumber>
            <traderName>string</traderName>
            <traderCompanyType>string</traderCompanyType>
            <traderStreet>string</traderStreet>
            <traderPostcode>string</traderPostcode>
            <traderCity>string</traderCity>
            <requesterCountryCode>string</requesterCountryCode>
            <requesterVatNumber>string</requesterVatNumber>
        </checkVatApprox>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Response XML

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types" xmlns:impl="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat">
    <soapenv:Header/>
    <soapenv:Body>
        <checkVatApproxResponse>
            <countryCode>string</countryCode>
            <vatNumber>string</vatNumber>
            <requestDate>date</requestDate>
            <valid>true</valid>
            <traderName>string</traderName>
            <traderCompanyType>string</traderCompanyType>
            <traderAddress>string</traderAddress>
            <traderStreet>string</traderStreet>
            <traderPostcode>string</traderPostcode>
            <traderCity>string</traderCity>
            <traderNameMatch>1</traderNameMatch>
            <traderCompanyTypeMatch>1</traderCompanyTypeMatch>
            <traderStreetMatch>1</traderStreetMatch>
            <traderPostcodeMatch>1</traderPostcodeMatch>
            <traderCityMatch>1</traderCityMatch>
            <requestIdentifier>string</requestIdentifier>
        </checkVatApproxResponse>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>