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If you are running CCRM 4.5.0+ on Joomla and are seeing "Invalid Key" error during SOAP calls, please apply the following changes to the files below:

1. In <path_to_joomla>/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/soap.php

remove or comment out the following lines:
session_start();
...
$server->setPersistence(SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION);

2. In <path_to_joomla>/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Utils/SoapServer.php

add the lines below that have a "+" at the beginning of the line:

   
    public function verify($key) {
      $session = CRM_Core_Session::singleton();
+     // code changes proposed in CRM-8638: CRM_Core_Session uses Drupal's session handler, so the CMS
+     // must first be bootstrapped in order to recover session values
+     if ($this->ufClass == 'CRM_Utils_System_Joomla' && !CRM_Utils_System::loadBootStrap(array(), FALSE, FALSE)) {
+         throw new SoapFault('Server', 'Unable to bootstrap system');
+     }
     
      $soap_key = $session->get('soap_key');
      $t = time();

We have filed a bug with CiviCRM here:

https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16697

Additionally, in CiviCRM 4.7.11+ you will need to make the following change:

In <path_to_joomla>/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Utils/SoapServer.php

Find and replace the following line of code:

$result = CRM_Utils_System::authenticate($name, $pass, $loadCMSBootstrap);
With the following 2 lines of code:

    $ufInstance = new $this->ufClass();
    $result = $ufInstance->authenticate($name, $pass, $loadCMSBootstrap);

Please email us at support@civismtp.com if you have any issues or questions about this.