XML Driving me crazy!!! Who knows...

Nicksta

Hiya guys...

Okay, after losa of hassles. Can someone actually tell me how the string should look when you want to post it to another host??

So far im using curl - and this is what im doing!

$transdetail = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><Safe><Merchant><SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-X8X2-4XXF-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey></Merchant><Transactions><IA_Auth><MerchantReference>Test_08:32:30 PM</MerchantReference><PaymentMethod>ican</PaymentMethod><Amount>92901</Amount></IA_Auth></Transactions>";

Above is the xml code being loaded into a variable.

Then i post the the host using curl :

curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://secure.safeshop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp");
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $transdetail);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, 0);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 360);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 3);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

if i check the variable just before sending this is the full string that is being sent :

(Is the the right format that should be sending for XML???)

http://secure.safeshop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp?<?xml version="1.0"?><Safe><Merchant><SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey></Merchant><Transactions><IA_Auth><MerchantReference>Test_08:32:30 PM</MerchantReference><PaymentMethod>ican</PaymentMethod><Amount>92901</Amount></IA_Auth></Transactions></Safe>

Because nomatter what I do this is what is being returned :

<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?> <Safe> <LogRefNr>1185753</LogRefNr> <Error>XML Root Tag is incorrect should be <Safe> (10146)</Error> </Safe>

Thing is my first tag that is being sent IS "<Safe>" - anyone have any hints to why im not getting anywhere?!?

Thanks in advance guys!!

Nick

Sgarissta

Here's a hint. XML is case sensitive, so
<safe> != <Safe>. There's a place to start, but without knowing your host's API I can't begin to answer the rest of your questions.

Nicksta

LOL oops soz - just fixed that! Was tryin lowercase safe in fustration.

The notes my host gave me are specific about cases.

This is what they sent me :

NOTE: All Transaction input XML documents must be sent to https://secure.SafeShop.co.za/s2s/SafePay.asp. WARNING: All XML tags are case-sensitive. If the case of the XML tag is not set to the correct case, SafeShop™ will issue a failed XML transaction. Sample 34 demonstrates the minimum IA_Auth input Transaction XML document that will be sent to SafeShop™ for processing. <?xml version="1.0" ?> <Safe> <Merchant> <SafeKey>{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}</SafeKey> </Merchant> <Transactions> <IA_Auth> <MerchantReference> SafeShop_Pro_3/4/2002 3:29:20 PM </MerchantReference> <PaymentMethod>ican</PaymentMethod> <Amount>3200</Amount> </IA_Auth> </Transactions> </Safe>

Any idea's???

MarkR

Obviously I don't know the specifics, but it seems unlikely that you should be putting your xml document into the query string.

To check if the document is well-formed, have the PHP save it into a file, and open it using a browser which understands XML (Firefox, IE, something like that). That will quickly complain if it's not well-formed.

Incorrect case in closed tags constitutes a badly formed document.

Read the docs for your integration - it's normal that you have to put the document into the post payload.

Some hosts require it to be inside a form-encoded post payload, in which case the XML will need further URL encoding, and putting inside a form-encoded post message.

You do realise that you have to escape strings inside XML text nodes or attributes, right?

Finally, you do realise that if you don't specify encoding in the XML document, it should be interpreted as UTF-8, which is probably not what you want (as PHP is lame and doesn't support any non 8bit encodings whatsoever, and it treats those as binary).

Mark

Nicksta

Thanks for the help and reply!! 🙂🙂

You do realise that you have to escape strings inside XML text nodes or attributes, right?

Any chance you could please explain that?? Not too sure what you are saying????

To check if the document is well-formed, have the PHP save it into a file, and open it using a browser which understands XML (Firefox, IE, something like that). That will quickly complain if it's not well-formed.

Incorrect case in closed tags constitutes a badly formed document.

Done this - and everything seems hunky dorey, so its not that!! 🙂

Some hosts require it to be inside a form-encoded post payload, in which case the XML will need further URL encoding, and putting inside a form-encoded post message.

How would i go about doing this?? The example code they gave me(in ASP) uses MSXML2.document (is that a form of encoding??) if so any idea how I would do this??

Thanks again for the help!!!! 😉🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Nick