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This is a PHP sample demonstrating the AvaTax REST API methods: tax/get POST, tax/get GET, tax/cancel POST, and address/validate GET.

For more information on the use of these methods and the AvaTax product, please visit our developer site or homepage

• PHP 5.3 or later (not tested on versions older than PHP 5.3)

• Authentication requires an valid Account Number and License Key, which should be entered in the test file (e.g. GetTaxTest.php) you would like to run.

• If you do not have an AvaTax account, a free trial account can be acquired through our developer site

• Some Windows users have had trouble with cURL automatically using our SSL certificate. The sample code offers two workarounds (both in /AvaTaxClasses/classes/TaxServiceRest.php.class). If this is something that presents a challenge for your system, uncomment ONE of the following two options in that file:

    //Some Windows users have had trouble with our SSL Certificates. Uncomment the following line to NOT use SSL.
    //curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); 		
    
    //Other Windows users may prefer to download the certificate from our site (detail here: ) and manually set the cert path.
    //    To set the path manually, uncomment the following two lines. If you choose to manually set the path, make sure you have commented out the line above 
    //    that tells curl to NOT use SSL.
    //$ca = "C:/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt";
    //curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $ca);
  

• If you would like to use these core classes as part of a project and manage your depencies through composer, the Avatax classes can be added to your existing project by adding

    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "https://github.com/avadev/AvaTax-Calc-REST-PHP"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "avalara/avatax": "*"
    }

to your composer.json file and run php composer.phar update from your command line.