What are the alternative methods to SOAP for website communication in PHP, such as fopen, file_get_contents, or cURL?

When SOAP is not available or preferred for website communication in PHP, alternative methods such as fopen, file_get_contents, or cURL can be used. These methods allow for making HTTP requests to external APIs or websites and retrieving data without the need for SOAP. 

// Using file_get_contents to communicate with a website
$url = 'https://api.example.com/data';
$response = file_get_contents($url);
$data = json_decode($response);

// Using cURL to communicate with a website
$url = 'https://api.example.com/data';
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response);

Keywords

SOAP fopen file_get_contents cURL website communication

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