XML RESPONSE CONVERT INTO ARRAY - php

Question

XML response want to convert into PHP array it works fine in $response but when I convert into an array it will become empty. How can I convert this XML into an array to display it on the web page? Any information that would point me in the correct direction would be great.
$soapUrl = "http://api.rlcarriers.com/1.0.2/RateQuoteService.asmx"; // asmx URL of WSDL
$xml_post_string = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<GetRateQuote xmlns="http://www.rlcarriers.com/">
<APIKey>UtN0YWEGRhOjNiNmItODRkMS00NzgyLThiYzNTViEzNjODNmC</APIKey>
<request>
<QuoteType>Domestic</QuoteType>
<CODAmount>0</CODAmount>
<Origin>
<City>New York</City>
<StateOrProvince>NY</StateOrProvince>
<ZipOrPostalCode>10001</ZipOrPostalCode>
<CountryCode>USA</CountryCode>
</Origin>
<Destination>
<City>New York</City>
<StateOrProvince>NY</StateOrProvince>
<ZipOrPostalCode>10009</ZipOrPostalCode>
<CountryCode>USA</CountryCode>
</Destination>
<Items>
<Item>
<Class>150.0</Class>
<Weight>2.5</Weight>
<Width>2.5</Width>
<Height>2.5</Height>
<Length>2.1</Length>
</Item>
</Items>
<DeclaredValue>120</DeclaredValue>
<Accessorials>
<Accessorial>ResidentialPickup</Accessorial>
<Accessorial>ResidentialDelivery</Accessorial>
</Accessorials>
<OverDimensionPcs>0</OverDimensionPcs>
</request>
</GetRateQuote>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>';
$headers = array(
"Content-type: text/xml;charset=\"utf-8\"",
"Accept: text/xml",
"Cache-Control: no-cache",
"Pragma: no-cache",
"SOAPAction: http://www.rlcarriers.com/GetRateQuote",
"Content-length: ".strlen($xml_post_string),
); //SOAPAction: your op URL
$url = $soapUrl;
// PHP cURL for https connection with auth
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
//curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $soapUser.":".$soapPassword); // username and password - declared at the top of the doc
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml_post_string); // the SOAP request
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
// converting
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
var_dump($response);exit;
$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);
print_r($array);
Below is the response received from the above code.
string(4037) "trueNEW YORKNY10001USANEW YORKNY10009USALISLong Island,
NY113781-888-575-2632MASPETHNYLISLong Island,
NY113781-888-575-2632MASPETHNY$420.352$442.90$8.86MINIMUM$510.35DISCNTFloor$420.35DISCNF$90.00FUEL23.1%$20.79ARBMH$65.00RPUCWT$132.30RCCWT$132.30NET$440.39STD71825391$839.95$440.39GSDS297780121$38.90$479.29GSAM382622281$77.70$518.09"

Answer 1

Those are SOAP XML, change it's heading by
...
// converting
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$clean_xml = str_ireplace(['SOAP-ENV:', 'SOAP:'], '', $response);
$xml = simplexml_load_string($clean_xml);
$json = json_encode($xml);
$array = json_decode($json,TRUE);
print_r($array);
see: How to parse SOAP XML?