xmlrpc_encode_request

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

xmlrpc_encode_requestGenerates XML for a method request

Description

xmlrpc_encode_request(string $method, mixed $params, array $output_options = ?): string
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

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);}?>

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