fix: correct WSDL URL construction in ilSoapClient for ILIAS 10

[sKarki999]

https://mantis.ilias.de/view.php?id=42320

[mjansenDatabay]

Hi Saghun,

this seems to work, but isn't it sufficient to do this instead?

$request_path = ilUtil::_getHttpPath();
if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
    $i = 0;
    $script_path = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
    while (!is_file($script_path . '/ilias.php') && $i < 20) {
        $script_path = dirname($script_path);
        $i++;
    }

    if ($i > 0 && is_file($script_path . '/ilias.php')) {
        $request_path = dirname($request_path, $i);
    }
}

echo $request_path . '/soap/server.php?wsdl';

My local installation is running on http://localhost.php8-3/ilias/10x and it works fine. Can you provide any $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] or value returned by the $request_path = ilUtil::_getHttpPath() call which does not work with my snipped above?

Best regards,
Michael

[sKarki999]

Hi @mjansenDatabay ,

With only those changes i am receving this in the log:
[935cf] [2026-03-02 11:19:23.091395] atlas10_wsrv.WARNING: ilSoapUtils::callNextNode:178 Soap init failed with message: SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'http:/soap/server.php?wsdl' : failed to load external entity "http:/soap/server.php?wsdl".

The path is not formed correctly in my system. So instead of dirname, I parsed the URL to reconstruct the base URL and appending /soap/server.php?wsdl, and it works.
Additionally my local instance is simply: "http://localhost" so value returned by $request_path = ilUtil::_getHttpPath() is 'http://localhost'.

For example:
For something like this:
dirname("http://localhost", 1) => it returns "http:". The host is getting stripped, producing "http:/soap/server.php?wsdl"

Am i missing something here? Please let me know, what do you think? :)

kind regards,
Sagun

[mjansenDatabay]

Hi Sagun,

thanks for the feedback.

What I do not understand: In case the HTTP client requests http://localhost/ilias.php, ilUtil::_getHttpPath() seems to return http://localhost in your case, $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] should then point to something like this: `/var/www/your_ilias_root/public/ilias.php.

In case the HTTP client requests http://localhost/soap/server.php. ilUtil::_getHttpPath() should return http://localhost/soap and $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] should point to something like this: /var/www/your_ilias_root/public/soap/server.php.

In both cases, the code snippet above should work.

Best regards,
Michael

[sKarki999]

Hi @mjansenDatabay ,

With only those changes in my system i receive following.
I have added few logs and triggered the copy process.

In the logs i can see such statements.
DEBUG _getHttpPath() returns: http://localhost
DEBUG ILIAS_HTTP_PATH constant: http://localhost
DEBUG ILIAS_MODULE: components/ILIAS/soap
DEBUG SCRIPT_FILENAME: .../public/soap/server.php
And:

DEBUG request_path: http://localhost <--- before dirname($request_path, 1)
DEBUG SCRIPT_FILENAME: .../public/soap/server.php
DEBUG request_path: http: <--- after dirname($request_path, 1)
DEBUG SCRIPT_FILENAME: .../public/soap/server.php
atlas10_wsrv.WARNING: Soap init failed with message: SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'http:/soap/server.php wsdl' : failed to load external entity "http:/soap/server.php?wsdl"

Any clue why this is happening in my system or somewhere i can check for the settings which might be different than how you have in your system or in general.
Thanks in advance :)

kind regards,
Sagun

[mjansenDatabay]

Ah okay, SCRIPT_FILENAME must be an absolute server path if executed in a "Web Context".

Do you execute/test the snippet with PHP CLI (which actually cannot be the case, since there is a PHP_SAPI !== 'cli' check)?

[mjansenDatabay]

[sKarki999]

Hi @mjansenDatabay

Till now, i executed in web context. I triggered the copy from the UI and hence the information in logs.

:)

[mjansenDatabay]

Hmmm, maybe some misconfiguration? That's unexpected under normal PHP behavior and likely indicates a server configuration issue (e.g., FPM backend not setting expected vars) or the request being proxied incorrectly.

[sKarki999]

Hi again @mjansenDatabay ,

Please correct me if i am wrong here.
I tested directly in HttpPathBuilder.
When I access http://localhost/soap/test.php, REQUEST_URI is /soap/test.php and _getHttpPath() returns http://localhost/soap. So the test script would work correctly with dirname.

However, one thing i noticed, the soap/server.php defines ILIAS_MODULE = 'components/ILIAS/soap'. When this constant is defined, HttpPathBuilder::build() strips the module depth from REQUEST_URI, so perhaps _getHttpPath() returns just http://localhost.

With that, dirname("http://localhost", 1) strips the host instead of a path segment, producing "http:".

Maybe this behaviour is due to the fact in the files test script and soap/server.php, only server.php defines ILIAS_MODULE. Could this be the case?

What should be done at this point as we are undecided only about one part? What do you recommend here?

Thank you :)
Sagun