Connecting to the API using PHP

Required PHP Extensions

• SOAP
• mcrypt
• openssl

Required PHP version

• 5.2.3 and above

Required PHP Includes

• soap-wsse.php
• exacttarget_soap_client.php
• xmlseclibs.php

Authenticating with xmlseclibs

The xmlseclibs project provides a lightweight PHP library for XML security.

Prerequesite:

• xmlseclibs (available at http://code.google.com/p/xmlseclibs/)
• The generated exacttarget_soap_client.php file (available on the developer community or by downloading from this page)

/* Set include directory for exacttarget PHP SOAP library files.
   The path to these files may already be set for the include_path 
   setting within the php.ini file */
$includeDir = realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../includes/');
$path = ini_get('include_path');
$path = $includeDir . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path;
ini_set('include_path', $path);

require('exacttarget_soap_client.php')

/* Set location of WSDL */
$wsdl = 'https://webservice.exacttarget.com/etframework.wsdl';

try	{
	/* Create the Soap Client */
	@$client = new ExactTargetSoapClient($wsdl, array('trace'=>1));
	
	/* Set username and password here */
	$client->username = 'username';
	$client->password = 'password';
      
      /* Other Code Here */

}

The attached file contains all of the object classes contained in the ExactTarget WSDL. Use the objects to review and prepare your API calls.