how to server to server call

[mhamilton3]

Hello,
I have to call a 3rd party service. I can call this service either by a simple server to server http call or via SOAP service. I have found a bunch of sites that talk about SOAP, but no concrete examples (I have to talk to .NET). I have also read .NET has issues from PHP. I am looking to do what ever is easiest. I know in PERL I can enter

$var = get("myurl")

and it will return whatever the URL returns - it can be an XML stream or a web page, I parse in on the other side. I Can I do that in PHP? Thanks in advance.

- Mark

 

[jpadie]

does not the curl library do something similar?

http://fr.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php

 

[sleipnir214]

Although cURL is a good option, it may be more complication than necessary. You can use fopen() with a URL and fetch a page.

If you need to submit POST-method data to a CGI, you can use cURL or the example in faq434-2502



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[mhamilton3]

Thank you both, I belive cURL is what I am looking for. The example in the FAQ is very good as well.