xmlrpc_decode_request
Use this with an XML-RPC client to decode a server response into native PHP variables. It will automatically translate the response XML-RPC data types into their PHP equivalents.
This function will return only false is there is any problem with format of the XML it receives.
The HTTP response header will need to be stripped off with something like;
<?php
$xml=(substr($response, strpos($response, "\r\n\r\n")+4));
$phpvars = xmlrpc_decode ($xml);
?>
xmlrpc_decode
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)
xmlrpc_decode — Decodes XML into native PHP types
Description
Warning
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
-
xml -
XML response returned by XMLRPC method.
-
encoding -
Input encoding supported by iconv.
Return Values
Returns either an array, or an integer, or a string, or a boolean according to the response returned by the XMLRPC method.
Examples
See example by xmlrpc_encode_request().
See Also
- xmlrpc_encode_request() - Generates XML for a method request
- xmlrpc_is_fault() - Determines if an array value represents an XMLRPC fault
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User Contributed Notes
xmlrpc_decode - [5 notes]
hfuecks at pinkgoblin dot com ¶
10 years ago
carmageddon at gmail dot com ¶
29 days ago
Apparently there is a slight problem with xmlrpc_decode (or php) which re-formats this input: <value><double>0.000000</double></value>
As the double number 0.
To get around it, use: number_format($val, 2);
Output would be 0.00
phil dot berry at elise-international dot net ¶
1 year ago
Make sure the server isn't returning a string with a space for the first character, this fails in version 5.3.3 and the function returns null (though seems to be ok in 5.2).
Easily sorted by trimming the response data:
<?php xmlrpc_decode( trim($response) ); ?>
ryon dot sherman at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
64 bit (i8) integers are not parsed by xmlrpc_decode().
Use a string replacement to work around this:
<?php
$xml = str_replace('i8>', 'i4>', $xml);
$decoded_xml = xmlrpc_decode($xml);
?>
david dot bachelart at polytechnique dot org ¶
8 years ago
Be careful with encodings, the xmlrpc-decode function is rather strict. For example, the following response parse returns NULL :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodResponse>
<params>
<param>
<value><string>a & b</string></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodResponse>
You should use entities :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodResponse>
<params>
<param>
<value><string>a & b</string></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodResponse>
If your server does not encode responses properly, you may have to process responses before parse.