How can SOAP be effectively integrated into PHP applications?

To effectively integrate SOAP into PHP applications, you can use the built-in SOAP extension in PHP to create a SOAP client that can communicate with SOAP web services. You will need to define the SOAP server URL, the SOAP action, and any necessary parameters for the SOAP request.

// Define the SOAP server URL
$serverUrl = 'http://example.com/soap_server';

// Define the SOAP action
$action = 'http://example.com/soap_action';

// Define any necessary parameters for the SOAP request
$params = array('param1' => 'value1', 'param2' => 'value2');

// Create a SOAP client
$client = new SoapClient(null, array('location' => $serverUrl, 'uri' => $action));

// Make a SOAP request
$response = $client->__soapCall('soapMethod', array($params));

// Process the SOAP response
var_dump($response);