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European VAT Information Exchange System SOAP client

This library is designed to handle validation trough VIES Soap WebService.

See https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/ for more information.

Installation

Install using Composer :

$ composer require prometee/vies-client 

Usage

$loader = require_once( __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php'); use Prometee\VIESClient\Soap\Client\DeferredViesSoapClient; use Prometee\VIESClient\Soap\Client\ViesSoapClient; use Prometee\VIESClient\Soap\Factory\ViesSoapClientFactory; use Prometee\VIESClient\Helper\ViesHelper; // Use the Deferred client to avoid getting error // when the WSDL file is not accessible $viesSoapClientFactory = ViesSoapClientFactory(ViesSoapClient::class); $viesSoapClient = new DeferredViesSoapClient($viesSoapClientFactory); $viesHelper = new ViesHelper($viesSoapClient); $viesHelper->isValid('FR12345678987'); // Should print: // 0: CHECK_STATUS_INVALID => Format is not valid and the webservice is not reachable) // 1: CHECK_STATUS_INVALID_WEBSERVICE => Format is not valid according to the webservice // 2: CHECK_STATUS_VALID_FORMAT => Format is valid but the webservice is not reachable // 3: CHECK_STATUS_VALID_WEBSERVICE => Format is valid and the VAT number exists print_r($viesHelper->isValid('FR12345678987'));