use chilkat();
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$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|checkVat|countryCode","string");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("soapenv:Body|checkVat|vatNumber","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(0);
$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 = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$http->ClearHeaders();
$http->SetRequestHeader("Content-Type",$contentType);
$http->SetRequestHeader("SOAPAction",$soapAction);
# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostXml($endpoint,$soapRequestBody,"utf-8");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
print"Failed to send SOAP request." . "\r\n";
exit;
}
# Get the XML response body.
$responseXml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$resp->GetBodyXml($responseXml);
$statusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print"response status code: " . $statusCode . "\r\n";
# If the status code does not indicate succcess, then show the response XML,
# which probably contains error information.if ($statusCode != 200) {
print $responseXml->getXml() . "\r\n";
exit;
}
print $responseXml->getXml() . "\r\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|checkVatResponse|countryCode");
$vatNumber = $responseXml->getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|vatNumber");
$requestDate = $responseXml->getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|requestDate");
$valid = $responseXml->getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|valid");
$name = $responseXml->getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|name");
$address = $responseXml->getChildContent("*:Body|checkVatResponse|address");