SoapClient class does not exist – Validation not working

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  • September 1, 2022 at 9:40 am #105476
    Francesco
    Guest

    Hello,

    Recently I installed your plugin and regardless of the VAT number it returns “Invalid VAT”. All VATs tested are registered to EU VIES.
    So, I have enabled the debug mode and the log says “INFO Error: SoapClient class does not exist”.
    Can you please help me understand what the problem is?

    Thank you in advance,

    Francesco

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    September 1, 2022 at 11:25 am #105477
    Francesco
    Guest

    I found out that SoapClient class is not available on my webhost at the moment.
    So I guess I should use another validation method. However is seems noone is working.

    When I set cURL, the following error appears on the log: “INFO Error: VAT ID not valid (Country: [DE]; VAT ID: [191317292]; Company: []; Method: [curl])”
    When I set simple, the following error appears on the log: “INFO Error: No response (Country: [DE]; VAT ID: [191317292]; Company: []; Method: [file_get_contents])”

    How can I solve this issue?

    September 2, 2022 at 12:38 pm #105478
    WPWhale
    Moderator

    Hi Francesco,

    SOAP is the most reliable method for validation, is there anyway the host can include it?

    I will be happy to look further (need wp-admin & probably FTP) to make simple or cURL works, but from time to time, you might get issues on these methods, please contact us at [email protected] to see.

    Omar

    September 7, 2022 at 11:53 am #105479
    natasa
    Participant

    Hello there Francesco,

    I was facing the same issue only on one of the websites that is using this plugin (different hosting environment). After contacting the hosting admin, they had to install php-soap and update php-curl library to its latest version.

    After these two actions the issue has been resolved. Maybe you should try the above too!

    Good luck! 🙂

    Natasa

    September 8, 2022 at 6:20 am #105480
    Francesco
    Guest

    Thank you Natasa,

    Unluckly for this project we are using Elementor Cloud and at the moment it does not support SOAP protocol. I’ll try ask them to update the curl-library, btw.

    September 8, 2022 at 9:10 am #105481
    Francesco
    Guest

    Update: unfortunately, cURL extension is enabled and update, but plugin still not working.

    September 8, 2022 at 12:20 pm #105482
    WPWhale
    Moderator

    Thanks Natasa for offering help.

    Francesco, I’ve checked again recently on VIES site, it seems they don’t support anything other than SOAP now, so cURL won’t work, check #18 here.

    Omar

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