If you're working with PHP4, it might be your only alternative.

With PHP5, you can use Zend Soap. http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/

Is using PHP NuSOAP a bad idea?
Anal glands in all kinds of animals play a range of diverse functions - providing fat for preening feathers or waterproofing fur, generating distinct scent, even repelling predators.

None of the resources I found about human anal glands ever mention their function. There's info or infections, location, treatment of problems related to them, but never a word about a role they might serve - if any. Are they vestigial organs without any role or do they have some evolutionary purpose?
