Zend_Service_StrikeIron
Zend_Service
Programmer's Reference Guide

Zend_Service_StrikeIron: Bundled Services

Zend_Service_StrikeIron comes with wrapper classes for three popular StrikeIron services.

ZIP Code Information

Zend_Service_StrikeIron_ZipCodeInfo provides a client for StrikeIron's Zip Code Information Service. For more information on this service, visit these StrikeIron resources:

The service contains a getZipCode() method that will retrieve information about a United States ZIP code or Canadian postal code:

  1. $strikeIron = new Zend_Service_StrikeIron(array('username' => 'your-username',
  2.                                                 'password' => 'your-password'));
  3.  
  4. // Get a client for the Zip Code Information service
  5. $zipInfo = $strikeIron->getService(array('class' => 'ZipCodeInfo'));
  6.  
  7. // Get the Zip information for 95014
  8. $response = $zipInfo->getZipCode(array('ZipCode' => 95014));
  9. $zips = $response->serviceResult;
  10.  
  11. // Display the results
  12. if ($zips->count == 0) {
  13.     echo 'No results found';
  14. } else {
  15.     // a result with one single zip code is returned as an object,
  16.     // not an array with one element as one might expect.
  17.     if (! is_array($zips->zipCodes)) {
  18.         $zips->zipCodes = array($zips->zipCodes);
  19.     }
  20.  
  21.     // print all of the possible results
  22.     foreach ($zips->zipCodes as $z) {
  23.         $info = $z->zipCodeInfo;
  24.  
  25.         // show all properties
  26.         print_r($info);
  27.  
  28.         // or just the city name
  29.         echo $info->preferredCityName;
  30.     }
  31. }
  32.  
  33. // Detailed status information
  34. // http://www.strikeiron.com/exampledata/StrikeIronZipCodeInformation_v3.pdf
  35. $status = $response->serviceStatus;

U.S. Address Verification

Zend_Service_StrikeIron_USAddressVerification provides a client for StrikeIron's U.S. Address Verification Service. For more information on this service, visit these StrikeIron resources:

The service contains a verifyAddressUSA() method that will verify an address in the United States:

  1. $strikeIron = new Zend_Service_StrikeIron(array('username' => 'your-username',
  2.                                                 'password' => 'your-password'));
  3.  
  4. // Get a client for the Zip Code Information service
  5. $verifier = $strikeIron->getService(array('class' => 'USAddressVerification'));
  6.  
  7. // Address to verify. Not all fields are required but
  8. // supply as many as possible for the best results.
  9. $address = array('firm'           => 'Zend Technologies',
  10.                  'addressLine1'   => '19200 Stevens Creek Blvd',
  11.                  'addressLine2'   => '',
  12.                  'city_state_zip' => 'Cupertino CA 95014');
  13.  
  14. // Verify the address
  15. $result = $verifier->verifyAddressUSA($address);
  16.  
  17. // Display the results
  18. if ($result->addressErrorNumber != 0) {
  19.     echo $result->addressErrorNumber;
  20.     echo $result->addressErrorMessage;
  21. } else {
  22.     // show all properties
  23.     print_r($result);
  24.  
  25.     // or just the firm name
  26.     echo $result->firm;
  27.  
  28.     // valid address?
  29.     $valid = ($result->valid == 'VALID');
  30. }

Sales & Use Tax Basic

Zend_Service_StrikeIron_SalesUseTaxBasic provides a client for StrikeIron's Sales & Use Tax Basic service. For more information on this service, visit these StrikeIron resources:

The service contains two methods, getTaxRateUSA() and getTaxRateCanada(), that will retrieve sales and use tax data for the United States and Canada, respectively.

  1. $strikeIron = new Zend_Service_StrikeIron(array('username' => 'your-username',
  2.                                                 'password' => 'your-password'));
  3.  
  4. // Get a client for the Sales & Use Tax Basic service
  5. $taxBasic = $strikeIron->getService(array('class' => 'SalesUseTaxBasic'));
  6.  
  7. // Query tax rate for Ontario, Canada
  8. $rateInfo = $taxBasic->getTaxRateCanada(array('province' => 'foo'));
  9. print_r($rateInfo);               // show all properties
  10. echo $rateInfo->GST;              // or just the GST (Goods & Services Tax)
  11.  
  12. // Query tax rate for Cupertino, CA USA
  13. $rateInfo = $taxBasic->getTaxRateUS(array('zip_code' => 95014));
  14. print_r($rateInfo);               // show all properties
  15. echo $rateInfo->state_sales_tax;  // or just the state sales tax
Zend_Service_StrikeIron
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