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**john_zakaria** · 05-26-2010, 08:40 AM

i am seleting data from webservice using php code.. but i get data in string.
i tested it in the website

http://www.soapclient.com/soaptest.html
I entered the link of myservice which is http://196.218.16.133/onlinereservat...vice.asmx?WSDL
and i go to hotelsearch function and paste in HotelData this XML code

Code:

<HotelsParameters><CityID>388</CityID><UserName>admin</UserName><UserPassword>admin</UserPassword><DateFrom>12/04/2010</DateFrom><DateTo>13/04/2010</DateTo><NumberOfRooms>2</NumberOfRooms><CurrencyID>162</CurrencyID><Room><RoomSerial>1</RoomSerial><Adults>1</Adults><Child><ChildSerial>1</ChildSerial><ChildAge>5</ChildAge></Child></Room><Room><RoomSerial>2</RoomSerial><Adults>2</Adults><Child><ChildSerial>1</ChildSerial><ChildAge>8</ChildAge></Child><Child><ChildSerial>2</ChildSerial><ChildAge>5</ChildAge></Child></Room></HotelsParameters>

and it produce XML Result

all that i need is to get it using my code, i use var_dump($result) but it did not produce XML file, it produce string

how to produce XML file using another funtion that var_dump()
MY code is

PHP Code:


			
<?
$dom = new DOMDocument("1.0");

// display document in browser as plain text
// for readability purposes
header("Content-Type: text/plain");
// Call the Cdyne result Service. Debugging mode enabled (e.g. 'trace'=>true)
$client = new SOAPClient('http://196.218.16.133/onlinereservation/service.asmx?WSDL');
 
try {
    $params->HotelData = '<HotelsParameters><CityID>388</CityID><UserName>admin</UserName><UserPassword>admin</UserPassword><DateFrom>12/04/2010</DateFrom><DateTo>13/04/2010</DateTo><NumberOfRooms>2</NumberOfRooms><CurrencyID>162</CurrencyID><Room><RoomSerial>1</RoomSerial><Adults>1</Adults><Child><ChildSerial>1</ChildSerial><ChildAge>5</ChildAge></Child></Room><Room><RoomSerial>2</RoomSerial><Adults>2</Adults><Child><ChildSerial>1</ChildSerial><ChildAge>8</ChildAge></Child><Child><ChildSerial>2</ChildSerial><ChildAge>5</ChildAge></Child></Room></HotelsParameters>';    // set up parameters to pass. If we need multiple
                // parameters, we can add additional elements to
                // the array: $params->City = 'Dublin'
                
    $result = $client->HotelsSearch($params);
    //echo $result;
} catch (SOAPFault $exception) {
    // if we hit an error, print the exception and the XML we sent
    print $exception;
    print htmlspecialchars($client->__getLastRequest());
//    exit;
}

var_dump($result);
?>

**tripy** · 05-26-2010, 09:14 AM

PHP Code:


			
header('content-type: text/xml');
print($result);

should do it...

**holmessph** · 05-27-2010, 04:17 PM

You can also do it this way, this is what I do for brevity sake...

echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
echo "</pre>";

Also, another method I've used for a long time that I really like is placing the value into a text area.. I know that sounds odd but it makes debugging MUCH easier