Hey there,
I am developing a website for a freight brokerage that will allow users to input shipment information into a form and then post that information to several carrier web services in order to receive pricing information in xml format. I am able to get the form data to save to the mySQL database on my server but I am unsure on how to proceed from this point. Here is a link to one of the carriers site describing the procedure and parameters:
http://www.sefl.com/SeflRateQuote/rateQuoteXMLinstructions.htm (wouldn’t allow me to post as link)
Would I simply continue straight php coding on my forms processing script that saves the data to the mySQL database or would I need to use something like cURL. How do I handle the xml response supplied by the carriers server and then display that response to the user? I basically need a step by step outline on how to send the data from the form to the web service, process the response, display the response. I know I am asking a lot so thanks in advance to those who take the time to answer, I really appreciate it!