How do I get XML data from a web service using PHP? - php

Question

I need to access the response from a .NET web service which returns data in XML format.
How can I split the data returned? For example, I would like to parse the data into some PHP variables:
$name = "Dupont";
$email = "charles.dupont#societe.com";
I have been looking for how to do this for a long time without finding the correct way to do it.
My script is:
$result = $client->StudentGetInformation($params_4)->StudentGetInformationResult;
echo "<p><pre>" . print_r($result, true) . "</pre></p>";
The echo in my page is:
stdClass Object
(
[any] => 0Successful10371DupontCharlescharles.dupont#societe.com1234charles.dupont#societe.comfalsefr-FR1003FIRST FINANCE1778AAA Département
)
The webservice response format is:
<?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>
<StudentGetInformationResponse xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
<StudentGetInformationResult>xml</StudentGetInformationResult>
</StudentGetInformationResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
I have tried your example. But it doesn't do what i need.
I need to split the value returned. I would like to get the data and put them into PHP variables:
$name = "Dupont";
$email = "charles.dupont#societe.com";
etc...
Unfortunately the echo of your example gives:
object(stdClass)#1 (1) { ["StudentGetInformationResult"]=> object(stdClass)#11 (1) { ["any"]=> string(561) "0Successful10371DupontCharlescharles.dupont#societe.com1234charles.dupont#societe.comfalsefr-FR1003FIRST FINANCE1778AAA Département" } }

Answer 1

The only class you need is SoapClient. There are a lot of examples you can use in the PHP Documentation.
Example:
try {
$client = new SoapClient ( "some.aspx?wsdl" );
$result = $client->StudentGetInformation ( $params_4 );
$xml = simplexml_load_string($result->StudentGetInformationResult->any);
echo "<pre>" ;
foreach ($xml as $key => $value)
{
foreach($value as $ekey => $eValue)
{
print($ekey . " = " . $eValue . PHP_EOL);
}
}
} catch ( SoapFault $fault ) {
trigger_error ( "SOAP Fault: (faultcode: {$fault->faultcode}, faultstring: {$fault->faultstring})", E_USER_ERROR );
}
Output
Code = 0
Message = Successful
stud_id = 10373
lname = Dupont
fname = Charles
loginid = charles.dupont#societe.com
password = 1234
email = charles.dupont#societe.com
extid =
fdisable = false
culture = fr-FR
comp_id = 1003
comp_name = FIRST FINANCE
dept_id = 1778
dept_name = Certification CMF (Test web service)
udtf1 =
udtf2 =
udtf3 =
udtf4 =
udtf5 =
udtf6 =
udtf7 =
udtf8 =
udtf9 =
udtf10 =
Audiences =