XML in string type Variable issue Php

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Please view the below code

$xml_string = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'>
    <soapenv:Body>
        <res:ResultMsg xmlns:res='http://cps.huawei.com/cpsinterface/result'>
            <![CDATA[
            <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><Result><ResultParameters><ResultParameter><Key>FailedReason</Key><Value>The value 611015125123 of the CNIC parameter is incorrect, failed to authenticate the parameter.</Value></ResultParameter></ResultParameters><ResultCode>2002</ResultCode><ResultType>0</ResultType><OriginatorConversationID>20180904165750</OriginatorConversationID><ResultDesc>Transaction information is invalid.</ResultDesc><TransactionID>000000000000</TransactionID><ConversationID>AG_20180904_00007be9004e56992e5f</ConversationID></Result>]]>
</res:ResultMsg>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>";

Then I get the type of Variable

$type=gettype($xml_string);

echo string alright. When I Try to echo the actual Value, it just print out a part of it.

FailedReasonThe value 611015125123 of the CNIC parameter is incorrect, failed to authenticate the parameter.2002020180904165750Transaction information is invalid.000000000000AG_20180904_00007be9004e56992e5f]]>

Why is this strange behavior happening. I tried replacing all the new line characters as well, but it didn't help. Any hints are appreciated.

"When I Try to echo the actual Value" In a browser? View the source and see if it's all there. Or output it between a <textarea></textarea>. Or use CLI to print it out — user8034901
– user8034901, Commented Sep 5, 2018 at 12:21

IrfanAnwar · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05 13:13:19Z

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Stupid mistake at my end, Answering in case someone stumbles upon this issue.As per the comment to my question all I had full data but it, wasn't shown by browser because of tags.

 echo "<textarea>";
           echo $manual ;     
 echo "</textarea>";

did the job.

answered Sep 5, 2018 at 13:13

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IMSoP Over a year ago

Other ways to output the XML raw: echo htmlspecialchars($manual); to escape the <, >, and & characters; or, header('Content-Type: text/plain'); to tell the browser not to parse any HTML on the page.

pr1nc3 · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05 13:14:25Z

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$regex = '#<Value>(.*?)</Value>#';
$code = preg_match($regex, $xml_string, $matches);

echo $matches[0];

You can try this way. It's not an xml parse, it's more of a php/regex approach but will do the work for you.

The output is : The value 611015125123 of the CNIC parameter is incorrect, failed to authenticate the parameter.

I also run on the same problem as you did with parsing this soap-xml response so i thought of this work around that works. After all it's a string type and php has really nice tools to parse strings using regex.

answered Sep 5, 2018 at 13:14

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