SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from

Question

In PHP: I am getting an error:

SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'http://xxx.xxxx.asmx?WSDL' : failed to load external entity "http://xxx.xxxx.asmx?WSDL"

My code is:

<?php
header('Content-Type: text/plain');
if (!class_exists('SoapClient')) {
    die ("You haven't installed the PHP-Soap module.");
}

ini_set('max_execution_time', 1);
try {
    $options = array(
        'soap_version' => SOAP_1_2,
        'exceptions'   => true,
        'trace'        => 1,
        'cache_wsdl'   => WSDL_CACHE_NONE
    );
    $client = new SoapClient('http://xxx.xxxx.asmx?WSDL', $options);
    // Note where 'CreateIncident' and 'request' tags are in the XML
    $results = $client->CreateIncident(
        array(
            'FirstName'         => 'gyaan',
            'LastName'          => 'p',
            'Email'             => 'aa@gmail.com',
            'QueryProductClass' => 'QueryProductClass',
            'ChannelCode'       => 12,
            'CampaignCode'      => 234,
            'Lob'               => 'Lob',
            'PackageName'       => 'SEONI',
            'PackageCode'       => 'SMP',
            'TravelYear'        => 2012,
            'TravelMonth'       => 06,
            'TravelDay'         => 29,
            'CityOfResidence'   => 'Jabalpur',
            'ncidentNotes'      => 'testing ignor this',
            'MobilePhone'       => '1234567890',
            'DepartureCity'     => 'bangalore',
            'NoOfDaysTravel'    => '3 Days',
            'VendorName'        => 'TEST HIQ'
        )
    );
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "<h2>Exception Error!</h2>";
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>

Please tell me where i am making mistake i am new in WSDL and soap

score 29 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '13 at 14:48

29

I solved this on my WAMP setup by enabling the php_openssl extension, since the URL I was loading from used https://.

answered Feb 08 '13 at 14:48

adamdport

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 23 '12 at 06:54

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I had exactly the same error message. In my case, making an entry in my /etc/hosts file (on the server hosting the service) for the target server referenced in the WSDL fixed it.

Kind of a strangely worded error message..

edited Sep 23 '12 at 06:54

biegleux

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answered Sep 07 '12 at 20:15

Lee Henkel

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '13 at 20:05

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I had this problem and it took me hours to figure out. The mainly reason of this error is the SoapClient cannot stream the web service file from the host. I uncommented this line "extension=php_openssl.dll" in my php.ini file and it works.

answered Aug 16 '13 at 20:05

minhnguyen

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 06 '16 at 07:34

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Try this:

$Wsdl = 'http://xxxx.xxx.xx/webservice3.asmx?WSDL';
libxml_disable_entity_loader(false); //adding this worked for me
$Client = new SoapClient($Wsdl);
//Code...

answered Sep 06 '16 at 07:34

Rohit Dhiman

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score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 17 '16 at 09:58

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If you want to use that on localhost, then use WAMP.

Then click on tray icon>PHP Services> and there enable the followings:

SOAP
php_openssl
openssl
curl

p.s. some free web-hosting may not have those options

edited Feb 17 '16 at 09:58

Tordek

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answered Mar 26 '13 at 08:32

T.Todua

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what's different? openssl vs php_openssl – Milad Abooali May 16 '16 at 16:36

score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 04 '21 at 08:17

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Try adding this piece of code. It worked for me.

$opts = array(
    'ssl' => array(
        'ciphers'     => 'RC4-SHA',
        'verify_peer' => false, 
        'verify_peer_name' => false 
    ),
);

// SOAP 1.2 client
$params = array(
    'encoding'           => 'UTF-8',
    'verifypeer'         => false,
    'verifyhost'         => false,
    'soap_version'       => SOAP_1_2,
    'trace'              => 1,
    'exceptions'         => 1,
    'connection_timeout' => 180,
    'stream_context'     => stream_context_create( $opts ),
);
$url = 'http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx?WSDL';

try {
    $client = new SoapClient( $url, $params );
} catch ( SoapFault $fault ) {
    echo '<br>' . $fault;
}

edited Mar 04 '21 at 08:17

Gleb Kemarsky

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answered Dec 21 '15 at 19:06

Jahson kyalo

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These options disables HTTPS security features... not generally a good idea. – Mark Hamstra Aug 04 '16 at 14:38
adding the cipher option on ssl context solved the same problem for me. Thank you! – Kambaa Apr 01 '17 at 14:27

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 02:22

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I got the same error and I solved it looking for the soap settings in the php.ini file and changing soap.wsdl_cache_enabled=1 to soap.wsdl_cache_enabled=0

answered Aug 25 '16 at 02:22

Jose Daniel

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curzduff · Answer 8 · 2012-12-12T09:05:46.510

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add the dns entry to your system hosts file
for example：http://aaa.com/service.asmx?WSDL
you can get the aaa.com's ip address with ping
and then add to the hosts file

edited Dec 12 '12 at 09:05

answered Dec 12 '12 at 08:59

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Dec 17 '14 at 15:04

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Enable all these from php.ini configuration file

extension=php_openssl.dll
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_xmlrpc.dll

edited Dec 17 '14 at 15:04

Gowri

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answered Dec 17 '14 at 14:12

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 28 '19 at 10:12

you can use this option for call soap with wdsl :

$opts = array(
            'http' => array(
                'user_agent' => 'PHPSoapClient'
            )
        );
        $context = stream_context_create($opts);

        $soapClientOptions = array(
            'stream_context' => $context,
            'cache_wsdl' => WSDL_CACHE_NONE
        );

        $wsdlUrl = 'your wsdl url';
        $soapClient = new SoapClient($wsdlUrl, $soapClientOptions);

        $result = $soapClient->VerifyTransaction($refNum, $MerchantCode);

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 24 '14 at 20:06

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Similar error as well. Realized I had an .htpasswd setup for the particular host. Uncommented it from the .htaccess file and worked fine.

answered Jul 24 '14 at 20:06

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 16 '16 at 07:47

I got the same error

Could not connect to the Magento WebService API: SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'example.com/api/soap/?wsdl' : failed to load external entity "example.com/api/soap/?wsdl"

and my issue resolved once I update my Magento Root URL to

example.com/index.php/api/soap/?wsdl

Yes, I was missing index.php that causes the error.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 02 '16 at 16:49

As mentioned in earlier responses, this error can occur when interacting with a SOAP service over an HTTPS connection, and an issue is identified with the connection. The issue may be on the remote end (invalid cert) or on the client (in case of missing CA or PEM files). See http://php.net/manual/en/context.ssl.php for all possible SSL context settings. In my case, setting the path to my local certificate resolved the issue:

$context = ['ssl' => [
    'local_cert' => '/path/to/pem/file',
]];

$params = [
    'soap_version' => SOAP_1_2, 
    'trace' => 1, 
    'exceptions' => 1, 
    'connection_timeout' => 180, 
    'stream_context' => stream_context_create($context), 
    'cache_wsdl' => WSDL_CACHE_NONE, // eliminate possible issue from cached wsdl
];

$client = new SoapClient('https://remoteservice/wsdl', $params);

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