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Theo

Reputation: 2842

PHP SOAP return array of same name elements with attributes

I am trying to return values the way they are sent into my soap server so they have the same XML structure.

Here is a sample request for multiple policies with various attributes.

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:wsdl="https://customer-soap.example.com/?WSDL">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <wsdl:SendPoliciesRequestInput>
         <sesid>someid</sesid>
         <!--Optional:-->
         <policy product="product1" company="ges1" polizzenNr="pol1" premium="1" expiry="01.01.2000" info="blabla1"/>
         <policy product="product2" company="ges2" polizzenNr="pol2" premium="2" expiry="02.01.2000" info="blabla2"/>
      </wsdl:SendPoliciesRequestInput>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

In my php code this translates to an object containing a sesid and an array of policy elements like this: (print_r($request))

stdClass Object
(
    [sesid] => someid
    [policy] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [product] => product1
                    [company] => ges1
                    [Nr] => pol1
                    [premium] => 1
                    [expiry] => 01.01.2000
                    [info] => blabla1
                )

            [1] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [product] => product2
                    [company] => ges2
                    [Nr] => pol2
                    [premium] => 2
                    [expiry] => 02.01.2000
                    [info] => blabla2
                )

When trying to return this exact object back to the caller the following code

<php
class Example
{
  public function SendPolicies($request)
  {
    return $request;
  }
}

outputs like this:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:wsdl="https://customer-soap.example.com/?WSDL">
       <soapenv:Header/>
       <soapenv:Body>
          <wsdl:SendPoliciesRequestOutput>
             <sesid>someid</sesid>
             <!--Optional:-->
             <policy />
          </wsdl:SendPoliciesRequestOutput>
       </soapenv:Body>
    </soapenv:Envelope>

I've tried several approaches including creating SoapVar but this would only restructure the objects instead of creating an output that is exactly the same as the input.

Every help is much appreciated.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 672

Answers (1)

Theo
Theo

Reputation: 2842

I ended up using mounties solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24894102/8247069

So not ideal. Another way to do it would be to write the XML yourself:

$soap->param = new SoapVar("<param attrName='attributeName'>value</param>", XSD_ANYXML);

I don't like either way, but when you've got a deadline, you go with what works.

The problem seems to be that my code is on the server side, thus (as far as I was able to find out during my research) I am not able to switch into WSDL mode although my server is started using a WSDL.

Upvotes: 1

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