([\s\S]*)<\/\1/'; $keys = array ( 'countryCode', 'vatNumber', 'requestDate', 'valid', 'name', 'address' ); $content = " %s %s "; $opts = array ( 'http' => array ( 'method' => 'POST', 'header' => "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8; SOAPAction: checkVatService", 'content' => sprintf ( $content, $countryCode, $vatNumber ), 'timeout' => $timeout ) ); $ctx = stream_context_create ( $opts ); $result = file_get_contents ( VIES_URL, false, $ctx ); if (preg_match ( sprintf ( $pattern, 'checkVatResponse' ), $result, $matches )) { foreach ( $keys as $key ) preg_match ( sprintf ( $pattern, $key ), $matches [2], $value ) && $response [$key] = $value [2]; } return $response; } print_r ( viesCheckVAT ( 'RO', '19386256' ) ); ?>