Module "EU VAT Number"

[e-com]

EU VAT number validation has not worked for three days:
VAT number DE285368537 could not get validated due to a validation web service outage (Server error: `POST http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/services/checkVatService` resulted in a `500 Internal Server Error` response: Error 500--Internal Server Error

And VAT number is valid: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/

Maybe someone knows, what has been changed on EU server?

 

[datakick]

Looks like the service stopped accepting requests with content type 'application/soap+xml; charset=UTF-8'.

Try to apply this fix:

https://github.com/thirtybees/vatnumber/commit/e0b2d1f7a67c8a0cdcdfd49f697a2fd71598018e

Let me know if it helps. If so, we will release new module version

[e-com]

Now there's a error on front office, even though the VAT number is definitely correct:
There is 1 error
VAT number not registered at your tax authorities.

Better not to implement this class?
https://github.com/cba85/eu-vat-validation/blob/master/src/Validation.php

I tested it, it works fine.

[datakick]

can you PM me vat# and country code?

[e-com]

I am testing this number: DE321281763 🙂

https://group.mercedes-benz.com/provider/

 

[datakick]

Yeah, I see the problem. vatnumber module parse data from the response using regexp, which is very fragile.

The php code you posted uses SoapClient instead. It's probably a good idea to use it instead. Some php servers might not have this extension enabled, though. For them the module will not work properly. 

[e-com]

I have never yet encountered a hosting on which Soap was not installed. If there are such pseudo-hostings, then such a thing should be avoided from afar 🙂
And after Brexit, Northern Ireland code "XI" is missing from getPrefixIntracomVAT() method.