Getting data from Soap response stdclass object in PHP

Question

I use following method to get webservice data,

$client = new SoapClient("http://empblr.dyndns.org/CentralHomeDelivery_Mob/Service.asmx?wsdl");


     $result = $client->GetAlladdress(array('customerid'=>36));

When I var_dump $result I get,

object(stdClass)[16]
  public 'GetAlladdressResult' => 
    object(stdClass)[17]
      public 'schema' => string '<xs:schema xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata" id="NewDataSet"><xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true"><xs:complexType><xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"><xs:element name="Table"><xs:complexType><xs:sequence><xs:element name="AdressID" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0"/><xs:element name="CustomerID" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0"/><xs:element name="LocationID" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0"/><xs'... (length=1030)
      public 'any' => string '<diffgr:diffgram xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata" xmlns:diffgr="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-diffgram-v1"><NewDataSet xmlns=""><Table diffgr:id="Table1" msdata:rowOrder="0"><AdressID>643</AdressID><CustomerID>36</CustomerID><LocationID>176</LocationID><StreetName>asdf</StreetName><HouseNo>1234</HouseNo><AlternatePhone>5632256</AlternatePhone><LandMark>asdf </LandMark><MainLocID>2</MainLocID><locName>ANDOLANA CIRCLE</locName><MainLoc>Mysore    </MainLoc></Table><Table diffgr:id="Table2" m'... (length=1864)

How I can get the value from child node <CustomerID> and store into an array??

Thank you..

This is obviously not the whole output of the var_dump. As long as the WSDL properly covers it, you should get some object you simply can access a property on. Otherwise use an XML parser (e.g. SimpleXML) parse the XML of the any property. — hakre
– hakre, Commented Mar 6, 2013 at 4:54

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-06 05:03:23Z

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Normally the SoapClient should provide a stdClass object that offers these values as standard class properties if you're in WSDL mode.

If that is not the case (it's not clear from the var_dump in your question because it is cut-off) you can parse the XML you have in the any property, for example by using the SimpleXML parser.

Some code example (Online Demo):

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($result->GetAlladdressResult->any);

# traversal
$table = $xml->NewDataSet->Table[0];
echo $table->LocationID, "\n", $table->MainLoc, "\n";

# xpath
echo $xml->xpath('//LocationID')[0], "\n", $xml->xpath('//MainLoc')[0], "\n";

It shows two alternative ways to access the data, the first with standard traversal and the second via the xpath() method running an xpath query.

answered Mar 6, 2013 at 5:03

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Basim Sherif Over a year ago

Thanks for this, and let me try :)

Stormherz · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-05 19:03:16Z

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You can always use regexp:

preg_match('#<CustomerID>(\d+)</CustomerID>#', $result->GetAlladdressResult->any, $match);
$customerId = isset($match[1]) ? $match[1] : false;

answered Mar 5, 2013 at 19:03

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Basim Sherif Over a year ago

Yh its works..thanks..but when I try to get <MainLoc> its fails :(

Stormherz Over a year ago

That's because you need different regexp for MainLoc content, it's not a number, try replacing '#<CustomerID>(\d+)</CustomerID>#' with '#<MainLoc>(\w+)</MainLoc>#'

Basim Sherif Over a year ago

yes! it works..Can you please help me getting the whole xml content from $result and storing it as a string?

Stormherz Over a year ago

Use preg_match_all('#<[^>]*>([^<]*)</[^>]*>#', $result->GetAlladdressResult->any, $matches); and in $matches you will find all of the content of the xml you've received

hakre Over a year ago

that regex is not fitting to parse valid XML. it's actually quite far off and does not offer any control like, taking the third of such child element inside that parent element and so on and so forth.

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