Structuring array data for a soap client connection in php

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I am connecting via soap to a remote system to pull information and would like some help on how to pass an array of data durring connection. Right now, this code works correctly;

$soapClient = new SoapClient("https://host:8443/realtimeservice/services/RisPort?wsdl", array('stream_context' => $context, trace'=>true, 'login' => "login",'password'=> "password"));
$array['SelectBy'] = "Name";
$array['Status'] = "Any";
$array['SelectItems']['SelectItem[0]']['Item'] = "deviceName";
$devices = $soapClient->SelectCmDevice("", $array);

I would like to condense it into the $device variable so that I don't have separate array statements. It feels like it should kind of look like this;

$devices = $soapClient->SelectCmDevice("", array('SelectBy'=>'Name','Status'=>'Any',?));

However, I don't know how to write the third object. Can someone help?

RightClick · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-28 20:17:10Z

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I think this might work. I appreciate the minimalist approach, but this looks worse imho and is really difficult for another coder to read. 4 understandable lines is better than 1 cryptic line.

$devices = $soapClient->SelectCmDevice("", array('SelectBy'=>'Name','Status'=>'Any','SelectItems'=>array('SelectItem[0]'=>array('Item'=>"deviceName"))));

answered May 28, 2015 at 20:17

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Kimomaru Over a year ago

Thanks, RightClick. I'm still weighing issues of clarity with this code. I'm thinking of extending it and wanted to keep it tidy from the start.

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