how to use a web service in php

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I have a web service link to fetch some data from a site.the return data is in XML format. have can i use this URL with PHP ? should i use cURL ?

How do you mean? you get XML from a webservice and you want to parse this xml to data? or do you want to know how to implements webservices in php? — Michel
– Michel, Commented Nov 8, 2010 at 9:55

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Simpliest way is use cUrl for fetching data from webservice and parsing response XML with SimpleXML or SAX parser

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answered Nov 8, 2010 at 10:49

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Chinmayee G · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-08 09:54:50Z

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Use can use either SOAP or REST architecture for consuming web services in PHP.

answered Nov 8, 2010 at 9:54

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