xmlrpc_encode_request
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)
xmlrpc_encode_request — Generates XML for a method request
Description
This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.
Parameters
- method
-
Name of the method to call.
- params
-
Method parameters compatible with method signature.
- output_options
-
Array specifying output options may contain (default values are emphasised):
output_type: php, xml
verbosity: no_white_space, newlines_only, pretty
escaping: cdata, non-ascii, non-print, markup (may be a string with one value or an array with multiple values)
version: simple, xmlrpc, soap 1.1, auto
encoding: iso-8859-1, other character set supported by iconv
Return Values
Returns a string containing the XML representation of the request.
Examples
Example #1 XMLRPC client functions example
<?php
$request = xmlrpc_encode_request("method", array(1, 2, 3));
$context = stream_context_create(array('http' => array(
'method' => "POST",
'header' => "Content-Type: text/xml",
'content' => $request
)));
$file = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/xmlrpc", false, $context);
$response = xmlrpc_decode($file);
if ($response && xmlrpc_is_fault($response)) {
trigger_error("xmlrpc: $response[faultString] ($response[faultCode])");
} else {
print_r($response);
}
?>
See Also
- stream_context_create() - Create a streams context
- file_get_contents() - Reads entire file into a string
- xmlrpc_decode() - Decodes XML into native PHP types