reading xml from http post

scottdogs

I can't seem to find a solution anywhere for this which seems kinda odd.

I am been sent some xml data via http post to a php script and I am unable to get the script to out the data.

I have tried getting my script to loop through all available vars to see what it is that I am receiving but for some reason it comes up empty.

if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
// there is something here cos I know the loop is being executed
//but the following code returns empty
foreach($HTTP_POST_VARS as $key=>$val)) {
echo $key."=".$val;
}
}

Ha snayone got any ideas on how I can output ALL data that is being posted to my script so I can see what I am getting?

Litewebsite

scottdogs wrote:
... Ha snayone got any ideas on how I can output ALL data that is being posted to my script so I can see what I am getting?...

You can use the following code to output received POST data from the form:

var_dump($_POST);

print_r($_POST);

scottdogs

tried that, didn't work.

Its not a form, the xml data is being posted to the script probably similarly to how you would post to a page using curl.

Have tried accessing $SERVER vars, $GET and $_POST and I get nothing.

I am unable to echo or print also as this script gets executed by another server when it receives an SMS message so all I can do is try to send myself any posted data in an email or write to a file so i can then go and have a look.

Have tried using $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA and that came up blank. Also tried php://input and that came up blank. But if(set($HTTP_POST_VARS)) returns true.

Litewebsite

Ok, I see. I think the solution you mentioned about storing the POSTed XML data into a file is a good choice. Maybe you can have use of the following code:

$file = fopen('smsXml_'.time().'.txt', 'wb');
$xmlData = file_get_contents('php://input');
fwrite($file, $xmlData);
fclose($file);

The code will make a txt file with a timestamp and the POSTed value/s will be stored as a string.

scottdogs

geez that's weird, I had the exact same code before and was getting nothing yet now it comes through nicely.

mighta been inside a if($HTTP_POST_VARS) statement tho, not sure.

thanks mate.