Create an php array for sent to SOAP service - php

Question

I have hml which works fine in SOAPUI:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:wssc="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WSSC.V4.DMS.EKV.WssDocsService">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<tem:CreateDocument>
<!--Optional:-->
<tem:parameters>
<!--Optional:-->
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:DocType>01</wssc:DocType>
<!--Optional:-->
<!--Optional:-->
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:FieldValues>
<wssc:BaseDocumentField xsi:type="wssc:DocumentField"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:Name>value1</wssc:Name>
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:Value>email#email.email</wssc:Value>
</wssc:BaseDocumentField>
<wssc:BaseDocumentField xsi:type="wssc:DocumentField"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:Name>content</wssc:Name>
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:Value>just text</wssc:Value>
</wssc:BaseDocumentField>
<wssc:BaseDocumentField xsi:type="wssc:DocumentField"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:Name>name</wssc:Name>
<!--Optional:-->
<wssc:Value>number</wssc:Value>
</wssc:BaseDocumentField>
</wssc:FieldValues>
<wssc:UserMail>email#email.email</wssc:UserMail>
</tem:parameters>
</tem:CreateDocument>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
I need to create an array to repeat its structure.
Now I have such an array, but it does not work to the full:
<?php
$params = array(
'parameters' => array(
'DocType' => '01',
'UserMail' => 'email#email.email',
'FieldValues' => array(
'BaseDocumentField' => array(
'name' => 'something',
'value' => 'something',
),
'BaseDocumentField' => array(
'name' => 'something',
'value' => 'something',
),
),
)
);
$client = new SoapClient("http://servicename?wsdl", array("trace" => 1, "exceptions" => 0, "login" => $login, "password" => $password));
$result = $client->CreateDocument($params);
try {
$request = $client->CreateDocument($params);
$last_request = $client->__getLastRequest();
} catch (SoapFault $exception) {
$last_request = $client->__getLastRequest();
}
var_dump($last_request);
?>
The function __getLastRequest produces the following result:
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/WSSC.V4.DMS.EKV.WssDocsService"
xmlns:ns2="http://tempuri.org/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns2:CreateDocument>
<ns2:parameters>
<ns1:DocType>01</ns1:DocType>
<ns1:FieldValues>
<ns1:BaseDocumentField/>
</ns1:FieldValues>
<ns1:UserMail>email#email.email</ns1:UserMail>
</ns2:parameters>
</ns2:CreateDocument>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
I do not understand how to properly construct an array so that the section is displayed correctly.
how can I do it?

Answer 1

If you're working with a complex WSDL, you should definitively use a WSDL to php generator such as the PackageGenerator project. It'll generate all the classes required to construct the request then to receive the response. Using a good IDE such as Eclipse or PhpStorm, you'll have the full auto-completion wich will ease you the request construction without having to wonder how to do it.