This tutorial assumes you are using any webserver with PHP5 installed and working properly.
Step 1: Enable the soap extension in your php.ini
If you downloaded pre-compiled platform binaries, they may have ext/soap compiled in but not loaded, so you'll need to update your PHP configuration to load ext/soap. Edit your php.ini, and look for the Dynamic Extensions section. Add a line (or removed the ';' in front), this will cause the extension to be loaded automatically.
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If you haven't previously loaded any optional extensions, you may also have to set the extension_dir directive to point to the directory containing the extension libraries, including php_soap, for example: extension_dir="C:/php/ext/" (use forward slashes even on Windows)
Don't try to put directory information in the extension directive; use extension_dir if necessary.
Step 2: Paste the following code in a .php file (this is just an example)
$client = new SoapClient("https://marineregions.org./gazetteer.php?p=soap&wsdl=1");
$records=$client->getGazetteerRecordsByName("Belgium");
echo "<table>";
foreach($records as $record ){
echo"<tr><td>MRGID</td><td>".$record->MRGID."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>Preferred gazetteer name</td><td>".$record->preferredGazetteerName."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>Preferred gazetteer name language type </td>
<td>".$record->preferredGazetteerNameLang."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>Place type </td><td>".$record->placeType."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>latitude </td><td>".$record->latitude."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>longitude </td><td>".$record->longitude."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>Place type </td><td>".$record->minLatitude."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>maximum latitude </td><td>".$record->maxLatitude."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>Place type </td><td>".$record->minLongitude."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>Place type </td><td>".$record->maxLongitude."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>precision </td><td>".$record->precision."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>gazetteer Source </td><td>".$record->gazetteerSource."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>status </td><td>".$record->status."</td> ";
echo"<tr><td>accepted MRGID </td><td>".$record->accepted."</td> ";
}
echo "</table>";
Step 3: Run the script
It should return something like this:
| MRGID | 14 |
| Preferred gazetteer name | Belgium |
| Preferred gazetteer name language type | English |
| Place type | Nation |
| latitude | 50.500749588013 |
| longitude | 4.477049946785 |
| Place type | 49.497299194336 |
| maximum latitude | 51.504199981689 |
| Place type | 2.5466001033783 |
| Place type | 6.4074997901917 |
| precision | 176337.31954733 |
| gazetteer Source | The Times comprehensive atlas of the world. 10th ed. Times Books: London, UK. ISBN 0-7230-0792-6. 67, 220, 124 plates pp., |
| status | standard |
| accepted MRGID | 1920 |
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