Re: How to send XML requests from PHP?

[Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Michelle Konzack
<linux4michelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello *,
>
> I have to implement an interface which must access a Domain-Registration
> API.  From the manual I have for example:
>
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
> Example 2.8. Contact Update:valid(change password)
>
> Change password from multipass to green
>
> REQUEST:
>
> Generic Operation: POST(http://backend.example.com/bdom/contact/update/DOJOB0001/1/,xml)
>
> Where xml:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <request xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";>
>  <type>PERS</type>
>  <sex>MALE</sex>
>  <first-name>Otto</first-name>
>  <last-name>Normalverbraucher</last-name>
>  <organisation>Acme Gmbh</organisation>
>  <street>Main Strasse</street>
>  <number>13</number>
>  <postcode>555555</postcode>
>  <city>Newe Stad</city>
>  <country>DE</country>
>  <phone>+040.0123456789</phone>
>  <fax>+040.0123456789</fax>
>  <email>hans@xxxxxxxxxx</email>
>  <password>new_secret</password>
> </request>
>
>
> RESPONSE:
>
> <response>1 updated</response>
> ----8<------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The problem is (I am sitting on my line) that I do  not  understand  how
> to send this XML stuff.
>
> Any hints please?
>
> Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
>    Michelle Konzack
>

Try one of the available XML classes that are included in PHP [1].
Both XMLWriter [2] and SimpleXML [3] will do the job.

- Matijn

[1] www.php.net/XML
[2] www.php.net/XMLWriter
[3] www.php.net/SimpleXML

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