How can I disable a compiled in extension in PHP

php soap nusoap
Jrgns picture Jrgns · Feb 12, 2009 · Viewed 8k times · Source

My home system has a version of PHP compiled with the SOAP extension. The live system has a version of PHP without the SOAP extension, and most of the scripts rely on the NuSOAP library quite heavily. The fact that NuSOAP and the SOAP extension use the same names for their classes is a terrible headache.

How can I disable the SOAP extension on my home system without doing a reinstall / recompile? It's compiled in, and not enabled by a extension directive in a ini file.

Answer

troelskn picture troelskn · Feb 12, 2009

it's an extension, so you can disable it in php.ini. Just outcomment the line. Remember to restart Apache afterwards.

I have found nusoap to be rather buggy, so upgrading to native soap should be a priority. If this isn't immediately possible, it would be a good idea to switch to nusoap-for-php5, since it allows you to run both the native soap extension and nusoap alongside. You can then implement new code against native soap, while still using nusoap for legacy code.

Related questions

How to get rid of "Uncaught SoapFault exception: [Client] looks like we got no XML document in..." error

I'm trying to develop business logic for a dynamic site using nusoap on server side (because I need wsdls, and PHP SOAP extension can't generate wsdls), and PHP SOAP extenstion on client side. However, I can't get even login and …

Read More
SOAP: looks like we got no XML document

I'm trying to create a web service but before I do I'm trying to get a simple example that I found on the internet to work first but I keep getting the following error: Fatal error: Uncaught SoapFault exception: [Client] …

Read More
SOAP authentication with PHP

I need to connect to a web service that requires authentication credentials in the form of a plain text user name and password. I have a basic understanding of SOAP and have managed to connect to other open web services …

Read More