[FX.php List] OT: PHP & Using Soap for (County, State)

[Andrew Denman]

As far as zip code data (or any postal data for that matter), almost
everything available will cost you money.  I did find this page, though I
don't know how up-to-date it is:
http://www.cfdynamics.com/cfdynamics/zipbase/index.cfm

Andrew Denman

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Subject: [FX.php List] OT: PHP & Using Soap for (County, State)

 
Yesterday I attempted by first FX.php AJAX coding, and managed to get it
all working in under 2 hours. Yea! It was a simple function; looking up
and displaying an address' COUNTY based upon a zip code entered. 

I have a subscription to a ZIP code database ($40/year) that I import
into FileMaker, but I started to wonder if this might be a chance to
implement my first SOAP solution
(http://www.w3schools.com/soap/soap_intro.asp) whereby I could have
AJAX/PHP query an external data source with the ZIP code and retrieve
back COUNTY, STATE & CITY information. I'd need a reliable, up-to-date,
(and free) data source, and was hoping for something like a Google API.
I did find http://www.strikeiron.com/ProductDetail.aspx?p=306, but this
isn't free.

Anybody have any thoughts, experience, or comments on SOAP?

--
David Ness,
Database Systems Programmer
 
Bonded Builders Warranty Group
1500 Kings Highway
Port Charlotte, FL 33980
800.749.0381 x3123 (National Toll Free)
941.255.3274 x3123 (Local)
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