--- title: PHP WSDL generator | daily.dev description: A helper class called Webservice Helper simplifies generating WSDL files for PHP web services, supporting PHP5 native functions, NuSOAP, and PEAR. It relies on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/php-wsdl-generator-qji26rp6c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PHP WSDL generator | daily.dev og:description: A helper class called Webservice Helper simplifies generating WSDL files for PHP web services, supporting PHP5 native functions, NuSOAP, and PEAR. It relies on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/php-wsdl-generator-qji26rp6c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Qji26rp6c.png og:image:alt: PHP WSDL generator og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PHP WSDL generator **[Maarten Balliauw](https://daily.dev/sources/maartenballiauw)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A helper class called Webservice Helper simplifies generating WSDL files for PHP web services, supporting PHP5 native functions, NuSOAP, and PEAR. It relies on PHPdoc-style documentation and reflection to build class mappings and includes basic authentication. Testing showed it interoperates cleanly with C# clients, with Visual Studio's web service browser correctly recognizing the generated WSDL and methods. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I generate a WSDL file automatically for a PHP SOAP web service? A helper class called Webservice Helper can generate WSDL files automatically for PHP web services built with PHP5 native functions, NuSOAP, or PEAR. It uses PHPdoc-style documentation and reflection to build class mappings, and also includes a basic authentication system, removing the need to hand-write WSDL definitions. _Developers wrestling with SOAP interoperability in PHP find tooling tips like this through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Create a WCF Web Service in Visual Studio 2015](https://daily.dev/posts/create-a-wcf-web-service-in-visual-studio-2015-lhamcmupt) · C\# Corner · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [What's missing from your PHP development environment](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-missing-from-your-php-development-environment-2wtinewrn) · Laravel News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [CakePHP is now fully generics-able – DerEuroMark](https://daily.dev/posts/cakephp-is-now-fully-generics-able-dereuromark-cwz39vwo6) · DerEuroMark · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your Symfony events have a contract: generate the AsyncAPI docs from your code](https://daily.dev/posts/your-symfony-events-have-a-contract-generate-the-asyncapi-docs-from-your-code-1vzjys2sg) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/php-wsdl-generator-qji26rp6c) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PHP WSDL generator","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/php-wsdl-generator-qji26rp6c","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/php-wsdl-generator-qji26rp6c"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T13:06:36.952Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T13:14:21.028Z","description":"A helper class called Webservice Helper simplifies generating WSDL files for PHP web services, supporting PHP5 native functions, NuSOAP, and PEAR. 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