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SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a message protocol that enables the distributed elements of an application to communicate. SOAP can be carried over a variety of standard protocols, including the web-related Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
SOAP provides the following advantages when compared to REST: Language, platform, and transport independent (REST requires use of HTTP) Works well in distributed enterprise environments (REST assumes direct point-to-point communication) Standardized.
A general rule of thumb when you're deciding between SOAP and REST for building your API: if you want standardization and enhanced security, use SOAP. If you want flexibility and efficiency, use REST.
SOAP requires more bandwidth, whereas REST requires fewer resources (depending on the API) There's a little more overhead with SOAP out of the gate because of the envelope-style of payload transport. Because REST is used primarily for web services, its being lightweight is an advantage in those scenarios.
I have read a tutorial "web-service-php-mysql-xml-json".
It seems everything is ok. But then why we should use soap for web services?
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