Communication with Exchange Server via SOAP and PHP

mario · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 3

Hello,
do anybody have some experience with communicating with Exchange
Server via SOAP and PHP please? It isn't problem for me to connect
SOAP client to server but I don't know how to get for example root
folder ID when I'd like to list the content of this folder, or how to
set ID of item that I'm just creating (how to make it unique in
Exchange Store?). I'm trying to find some examples or solutions for me
on the web (forums, discussions, etc.) but with no success.
So if you have some advice for me I'll be happy...
Thanks

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Glen Scales [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 92

Exchange Web Services was introduced with Exchange 2007 this will allow you
to access and comunicate with the Store using SOAP messages. The Exchange
2007 SDK has documentation and examples of the formats you need to use to
make this work. If your using a version Exchange other then Exchange 2007
SOAP wont work you'll need to look into something like WebDAV.

(as for PHP samples for 2007 can't say i've seen any)

Cheers
Glen

"mario" wrote in message @e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
> do anybody have some experience with communicating with Exchange
> Server via SOAP and PHP please? It isn't problem for me to connect
> SOAP client to server but I don't know how to get for example root
> folder ID when I'd like to list the content of this folder, or how to
> set ID of item that I'm just creating (how to make it unique in
> Exchange Store?). I'm trying to find some examples or solutions for me
> on the web (forums, discussions, etc.) but with no success.
> So if you have some advice for me I'll be happy...
> Thanks

mario · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 3

Thank you for your reply. Are you really sure that there is no way to
do it without WebDAV in Exchange Server 2003 (cause this is the
version I have to use)? It is bad for me. My search for the solution
goes on...

On 24 Led, 00:57, "Glen Scales [MVP]"
wrote:
> Exchange Web Services was introduced with Exchange 2007 this will allow you
> to access and comunicate with the Store using SOAP messages. The Exchange
> 2007 SDK has documentation and examples of the formats you need to use to
> make this work. If your using a version Exchange other then Exchange 2007
> SOAP wont work you'll need to look into something like WebDAV.
>
> (as for PHP samples for 2007 can't say i've seen any)
>
> Cheers
> Glen
>
> "mario" wrote in message
>
> @e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hello,
> > do anybody have some experience with communicating with Exchange
> > Server via SOAP and PHP please? It isn't problem for me to connect
> > SOAP client to server but I don't know how to get for example root
> > folder ID when I'd like to list the content of this folder, or how to
> > set ID of item that I'm just creating (how to make it unique in
> > Exchange Store?). I'm trying to find some examples or solutions for me
> > on the web (forums, discussions, etc.) but with no success.
> > So if you have some advice for me I'll be happy...
> > Thanks

Henning Krause [MVP - Exc · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 142

Hi,

Glen's right. Exchange 2003 offers only WebDAV...

Kind regards,
Henning Krause

"mario" wrote in message @k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Thank you for your reply. Are you really sure that there is no way to
> do it without WebDAV in Exchange Server 2003 (cause this is the
> version I have to use)? It is bad for me. My search for the solution
> goes on...
>
> On 24 Led, 00:57, "Glen Scales [MVP]"
> wrote:
>> Exchange Web Services was introduced with Exchange 2007 this will allow
>> you
>> to access and comunicate with the Store using SOAP messages. The Exchange
>> 2007 SDK has documentation and examples of the formats you need to use to
>> make this work. If your using a version Exchange other then Exchange 2007
>> SOAP wont work you'll need to look into something like WebDAV.
>>
>> (as for PHP samples for 2007 can't say i've seen any)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Glen
>>
>> "mario" wrote in message
>>
>> @e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > do anybody have some experience with communicating with Exchange
>> > Server via SOAP and PHP please? It isn't problem for me to connect
>> > SOAP client to server but I don't know how to get for example root
>> > folder ID when I'd like to list the content of this folder, or how to
>> > set ID of item that I'm just creating (how to make it unique in
>> > Exchange Store?). I'm trying to find some examples or solutions for me
>> > on the web (forums, discussions, etc.) but with no success.
>> > So if you have some advice for me I'll be happy...
>> > Thanks

mario · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 3

OK, I found out that there is possibility to use Exchange 2007. But I
am still unsuccessful in building PHP SOAP request. The connection to
server is established but I'm unable for example to create calendar
item because of I cannot set DistinguishedFolderId to 'calendar' (I
set it in PHP code but in request it isn't set) although I'm able to
set FolderId in the same element SavedItemFolderId. In documentation
(MSDN Library) I found example of XML without FolderId (it has only
DistinguishedFolderId) but when I tried it I got an error
ErrorSchemaValidation (The required attribute 'Id' is missing) as
response. I have no idea about solution. But maybe these problems
should be solved in other place, not in exchange group.

On 24 Led, 08:43, "Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]"
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Glen's right. Exchange 2003 offers only WebDAV...
>
> Kind regards,
> Henning Krause
>
> "mario" wrote in message
>
> @k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Thank you for your reply. Are you really sure that there is no way to
> > do it without WebDAV in Exchange Server 2003 (cause this is the
> > version I have to use)? It is bad for me. My search for the solution
> > goes on...
>
> > On 24 Led, 00:57, "Glen Scales [MVP]"
> > wrote:
> >> Exchange Web Services was introduced with Exchange 2007 this will allow
> >> you
> >> to access and comunicate with the Store using SOAP messages. The Exchange
> >> 2007 SDK has documentation and examples of the formats you need to use to
> >> make this work. If your using a version Exchange other then Exchange 2007
> >> SOAP wont work you'll need to look into something like WebDAV.
>
> >> (as for PHP samples for 2007 can't say i've seen any)
>
> >> Cheers
> >> Glen
>
> >> "mario" wrote in message
>
> >>@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > Hello,
> >> > do anybody have some experience with communicating with Exchange
> >> > Server via SOAP and PHP please? It isn't problem for me to connect
> >> > SOAP client to server but I don't know how to get for example root
> >> > folder ID when I'd like to list the content of this folder, or how to
> >> > set ID of item that I'm just creating (how to make it unique in
> >> > Exchange Store?). I'm trying to find some examples or solutions for me
> >> > on the web (forums, discussions, etc.) but with no success.
> >> > So if you have some advice for me I'll be happy...
> >> > Thanks

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