EU VAT validation doesn't work anymore

[LaCollision]

Hi team,

The Nexus VAT validation for EU business addresses seems to not work any longer.

In \Tax::validateVAT at line 382:

		if ( $xml->read() )
		{
			if ( $xml->name === 'soap:Envelope' and $xml->read() )
			{
				if ( $xml->name === 'soap:Body' and $xml->read() )
				{
					if ( $xml->name === 'checkVatResponse' )
					{
						$xml->read();
						do
						{
							$responseArray[ $xml->name ] = $xml->readString();
						}
						while ( $xml->next() and $xml->nodeType !== $xml::END_ELEMENT );
					}
				}
			}
		}

 

The response from the EU service seems to have changed; the XML looks something like that:

<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <env:Header/>
  <env:Body>
    <ns2:checkVatResponse xmlns:ns2="urn:ec.europa.eu:taxud:vies:services:checkVat:types">
      <ns2:countryCode>XX</ns2:countryCode>
      <ns2:vatNumber>XXXXXX</ns2:vatNumber>
      <ns2:requestDate>2022-09-28+02:00</ns2:requestDate>
      <ns2:valid>true</ns2:valid>
      <ns2:name>XXXXXX</ns2:name>
      <ns2:address>XXXXXX</ns2:address>
    </ns2:checkVatResponse>
  </env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

➡️ The namespace is "env", and a <env:Header> tag seems to have appeared before the Body; so the $xml->read() can't find the Body element any longer.

 

Thank you!

[opentype]

There was a patch for that this week. 

[Jim M]

As mentioned by @opentype, we issued a patch for this. You can find it by going to ACP -> Support.

[LaCollision]

Perfect! Thanks a lot to both of you