PHP Parse SOAP XML URL

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Right there are like 10 of these subjects yet none of them actually tackle MY problem.

Heres the XML file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <soap:Body>
      <GetStartEndPointResponse xmlns="http://www.etis.fskab.se/v1.0/ETISws">
         <GetStartEndPointResult>
            <Code>0</Code>
            <Message />
            <StartPoints>
               <Point>
                  <Id>81216</Id>
                  <Name>Lund C</Name>
                  <Type>STOP_AREA</Type>
                  <X>6178320</X>
                  <Y>1335414</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>81700</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Botulfsplatsen</Name>
                  <Type>STOP_AREA</Type>
                  <X>6177824</X>
                  <Y>1335838</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>81039</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Univ-sjukhuset</Name>
                  <Type>STOP_AREA</Type>
                  <X>6179057</X>
                  <Y>1336059</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>81156</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Bankgatan</Name>
                  <Type>STOP_AREA</Type>
                  <X>6177677</X>
                  <Y>1335945</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>81069</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Södra Tpl.</Name>
                  <Type>STOP_AREA</Type>
                  <X>6175456</X>
                  <Y>1335052</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>399686</Id>
                  <Name>LUNDAGATAN 1 FURULUND</Name>
                  <Type>ADDRESS</Type>
                  <X>6186112</X>
                  <Y>1330502</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>42789</Id>
                  <Name>LUNDAGATAN 2 HELSINGBORG</Name>
                  <Type>ADDRESS</Type>
                  <X>6216872</X>
                  <Y>1307608</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>30985</Id>
                  <Name>LUNDAGÅRD 1 MARIEHOLM</Name>
                  <Type>ADDRESS</Type>
                  <X>6196812</X>
                  <Y>1336430</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>122149</Id>
                  <Name>LUNDAHLS VÄG 23 GÄRDS KÖPINGE</Name>
                  <Type>ADDRESS</Type>
                  <X>6200964</X>
                  <Y>1394071</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>280721</Id>
                  <Name>LUNDASTIGEN 3 KÅGERÖD</Name>
                  <Type>ADDRESS</Type>
                  <X>6211135</X>
                  <Y>1330886</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>46335</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Lasarett</Name>
                  <Type>POI</Type>
                  <X>6179076</X>
                  <Y>1336073</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>35604</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Polishus</Name>
                  <Type>POI</Type>
                  <X>6178151</X>
                  <Y>1335171</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>222961</Id>
                  <Name>Lund Skånetrafikens kundcenter Centralst</Name>
                  <Type>POI</Type>
                  <X>6178373</X>
                  <Y>1335423</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>259298002</Id>
                  <Name>Lundagård</Name>
                  <Type>POI</Type>
                  <X>6178151</X>
                  <Y>1335824</Y>
               </Point>
               <Point>
                  <Id>50151</Id>
                  <Name>Lundahälsan Bondev</Name>
                  <Type>POI</Type>
                  <X>6179258</X>
                  <Y>1334425</Y>
               </Point>
            </StartPoints>
            <EndPoints>...</EndPoints>
         </GetStartEndPointResult>
      </GetStartEndPointResponse>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Now if you right click on that text-pile and "inspect element" in Chrome you'll see how the XML is structured.

The URL to this file is http://www.labs.skanetrafiken.se/v2.2/querypage.asp?inpPointFr=lund&inpPointTo=ystad

How does one parse this from scratch. No shortcuts as many people here on these forums just get pointed somewhere else!

Usually you would not parse this from scratch, you would have a WSDL that would tell you the structure of your request and response, and you would use PHP's SoapClient to take care of parsing the response. It has to start with a WSDL, though. Do you have one? — davidfmatheson, Aug 07 '12 at 15:34
Now we are starting to get somewhere, can you give an example of this WSDL? — basickarl, Aug 07 '12 at 15:46
Every WSDL is different, and is provided by the service provider. You are looking for an XML document that starts with `` or ``. It could be somewhere at that URL you mentioned. It looks like they've built a simple front end where they can pass URL parameters directly to the service. You can bet that, behind the scenes, they're taking `inpPointFr=lund` and `inpPointTo=ystad` and building a SOAP message that has `` (or something similar) in the ``. — davidfmatheson, Aug 07 '12 at 16:01
Ah! that makes more sense. Here is the URL to that file? How do I implement this though?: http://www.labs.skanetrafiken.se/v2.2/GetStartEndPoint.xsd — basickarl, Aug 08 '12 at 07:16
Just answered my own question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11861081/php-how-to-link-soap-xml-with-xml-schema-xsd/11863994#11863994 — basickarl, Aug 08 '12 at 11:59
Yes, you can always parse the XML manually, but you're always going to make your life easier if you find the service's WSDL. — davidfmatheson, Aug 08 '12 at 12:31

PHP Parse SOAP XML URL

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