Web Services for PHP

Web Service Description Language

• Interface Description for Web Services

• ...makes SOAP easy

• ...is independent of SOAP

• ...can be extended to support new technologies

• WSDL defines...

• Data Types via XML Schema

• Interface Definitions

• Transport Bindings

• Service Descriptions

• WSDL can provide...

• Dynamic Proxies

• Static Proxies

• Documentation

• Code hinting for editors and IDE's