global class PersonService {
 
    global class Person {
 
        webservice String id;
        webservice String firstName;
        webservice String lastName;
        webservice String company;
        webservice String email;
        webservice String phone;
        webservice String sObjectType;
 
    }
 
    webService static List<person> searchByEmail(String email) {
 
        // list of Person objects to return
        List<person> people = new List<person>();
 
        // issue the sosl search
        List<list<sobject>> searchResults = [FIND :email IN EMAIL FIELDS RETURNING
            Contact (Id, Account.Name, Email, Phone, FirstName, LastName),
            Lead (Id, Company, FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone)];
 
        // cast the results by sObjec type
        List<contact> contacts = ((List<contact>)searchResults[0]);
        List<lead> leads = ((List<lead>)searchResults[1]);
 
        // a each contact found as a Person
        for (Integer i=0;i<contacts.size();i++) {
            Person p = new Person();
            p.id = contacts[i].Id;
            p.firstName = contacts[i].FirstName;
            p.lastName = contacts[i].LastName;
            p.company = contacts[i].Account.Name;
            p.email = contacts[i].Email;
            p.phone = contacts[i].Phone;
            p.sObjectType = 'Contact';
            people.add(p);
        }
 
        // a each lead found as a Person
        for (Integer i=0;i<leads.size();i++) {
            Person p = new Person();
            p.id = leads[i].Id;
            p.firstName = leads[i].FirstName;
            p.lastName = leads[i].LastName;
            p.company = leads[i].Company;
            p.email = leads[i].Email;
            p.phone = leads[i].Phone;
            p.sObjectType = 'Lead';
            people.add(p);
        }
 
        System.debug('Returning people: '+people);
 
        return people;
 
    }
}

 
<?PHP
 
require_once ('sfdc/SforcePartnerClient.php');
require_once ('sfdc/SforceHeaderOptions.php');
 
// Salesforce.com credentials
$sfdcUsername = "YOUR-USERNAME";
$sfdcPassword = "YOUR-PASSWORD";
$sfdcToken = "YOUR-SECURITYTOKEN";
// the email address to search for. could also use a post/get variable
$searchEmail = 'phpblogtest@noemail.com';
 
$sfdc = new SforcePartnerClient();
// create a connection using the partner wsdl
$SoapClient = $sfdc->createConnection("sfdc/partner.wsdl.xml");
$loginResult = false;
 
try {
    // log in with username, password and security token if required
    $loginResult = $sfdc->login($sfdcUsername, $sfdcPassword.$sfdcToken);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    global $errors;
    $errors = $e->faultstring;
    echo "Fatal Login Error <b>" . $errors . "</b>";
    die;
}
 
// setup the SOAP client modify the headers
$parsedURL = parse_url($sfdc->getLocation());
define ("_SFDC_SERVER_", substr($parsedURL['host'],0,strpos($parsedURL['host'], '.')));
define ("_WS_NAME_", "PersonService");
define ("_WS_WSDL_", "sfdc/" . _WS_NAME_ . ".wsdl.xml");
define ("_WS_ENDPOINT_", 'https://' . _SFDC_SERVER_ . '.salesforce.com/services/wsdl/class/' . _WS_NAME_);
define ("_WS_NAMESPACE_", 'http://soap.sforce.com/schemas/class/' . _WS_NAME_);
 
$client = new SoapClient(_WS_WSDL_);
$sforce_header = new SoapHeader(_WS_NAMESPACE_, "SessionHeader", array("sessionId" => $sfdc->getSessionId()));
$client->__setSoapHeaders(array($sforce_header));
 
echo _SFDC_SERVER_."br";
echo _WS_NAME_."br";
echo _WS_WSDL_."br";
echo _WS_ENDPOINT_."br";
echo _WS_NAMESPACE_."p";
 
try {
 
    // call the web service via post
    $wsParams=array('email'=>$searchEmail);
    $response = $client->searchByEmail($wsParams);
    // dump the response to the browser
    print_r($response);
 
// this is really bad.
} catch (Exception $e) {
    global $errors;
    $errors = $e->faultstring;
    echo "Ooop! Error: <b>" . $errors . "</b>";
    die;
}
 
?>