Getting string instead of xml response in curl

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I have the following curl request

$url='http://test/paynetz/epi/fts?login=160&pass=Test@123&ttype=NBFundTransfer&prodid=NSE&amt=50&txncurr=INR&txnscamt=0&clientcode=TkFWSU4%3d&txnid='.urlencode($string).'&date='.urlencode($date).'&custacc=1234567890&udf1=ajeesh&[email protected]&udf3=940000000&udf4=arrackaparmabilhouse&ru=http://www.zwitch.co';
        $curl = curl_init();
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, false);  
        echo $auth = curl_exec($curl);

Im getting this

http://test/paynetz/epi/ftsNBFundTransfer267050dHwIMJR%2FucGOZcnocTnwvISAVaeNZK93Y8veI%2Bb1DtY%3D11

Instead of an xml.Im getting the values only not the xml.

I had 505 error inthe response,so I used urlencode($string) instead of $string

Two thoughts: 1) what URL are you trying to request? http://test/... is not likely to succeed unless you have a server named test on your network; and 2) are you really trying to request a funds transfer via a CURL request? I can't imagine any bank (or really any company that wants to protect its money) permitting this. — Kryten
– Kryten, Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 17:53
@Kryten You may not guess things out of no where with each and every wording in the question — Piya
– Piya, Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 17:56
Regarding the use of test in your URL - you should mention that in your question, so we know that's not the problem. Regarding your other comment, I don't know what you're doing (nor do I much care). I'm merely pointing out that it looks like you're trying to make a CURL request to a bank/financial institution website to transfer funds. If that's what you're doing, then it is likely to fail because banks take security very seriously. — Kryten
– Kryten, Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 18:06

Jonnerz · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-28 17:57:56Z

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Have you tried adding curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)'); This will confirm that you are a human rather than a bot.

If you are trying to output the XML directly onto a web page, you'll might want to lookup htmlentities().

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 17:57

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Piya Over a year ago

Thanks :) There are people who do know things really well :)

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