Posting XML with PHP

[mrxila]

It's been a month and I still can figure this out. Someone please help.

I've Googled until I can't Google anymore! I found plenty of examples however none of them worked for me.

Here is what I need to do:

I need to POST XML to a remote server and receive the response back.

I'm using:
PHP5

Thanks in advance for your help!!

[NogDog]

Sounds like a job for [man]CURL[/man], and possibly also [man]SimpleXML[/man] if you need to generate the XML content itself.

[mrxila]

NogDog wrote:

Sounds like a job for [man]CURL[/man], and possibly also [man]SimpleXML[/man] if you need to generate the XML content itself.

I agree. I got the code below off the forum and it seems to be perfect and should be working, but not for me 🙂

I just keep getting a big damnit on my screen, does this mean it's failing?

<?
$xml = "<XMLcontent><MoreXML></MoreXML></XMLcontent>";

$ch = curl_init ();
    $ch1=curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.voipcompany.com/API/1.0/");
    $ch2=curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    $ch3=curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: text/xml'));
    $ch4=curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
    $ch5 =curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    if (!$result) {echo "<h1>$result damnit</h1>";}
    curl_close ($ch); 
?>

[NogDog]

See if there is any cURL error data available that tells you where the problem is:

if(!$result) {
   echo "<h1>CURL ERROR: " . curl_error($ch) . "</h1>\n";
}

[NogDog]

PS: Since you are accessing a https:// connection, you may need to add this option:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);

[mrxila]

NogDog wrote:

PS: Since you are accessing a https:// connection, you may need to add this option:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);

Before I added the line to turn SSL VERIFY off this was the error:

 damnit
CURL ERROR: SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:func(144):reason(134)

So, I added

$ch6 =curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);

And now I'm back to getting a blank page.

The updated code is below, any additional advice is appreciated:

<?php
$xml = "<XMLcontent><MoreXML></MoreXML></XMLcontent>";

$ch = curl_init ();
    $ch1=curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.voipprovider.com/API/1.0/");
    $ch2=curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    $ch3=curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: text/xml'));
    $ch4=curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);
    $ch5 =curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
	$ch6 =curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); 
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    if (!$result) {echo "<h1>$result damnit</h1>";}
	if(!$result) {
   echo "<h1>CURL ERROR: " . curl_error($ch) . "</h1>\n";
} 

curl_close ($ch); 
?>

[NogDog]

Try echoing out the result if there is no error to see what was returned:

$result = curl_exec($ch);
if(!$result) {
   echo "<h1>CURL ERROR: " . curl_error($ch) . "</h1>\n";
}
else
{
   echo "<pre>" . htmlspecialchars($result) . "</pre>";
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

[mrxila]

NogDog wrote:

Try echoing out the result if there is no error to see what was returned:

$result = curl_exec($ch);
if(!$result) {
   echo "<h1>CURL ERROR: " . curl_error($ch) . "</h1>\n";
}
else
{
   echo "<pre>" . htmlspecialchars($result) . "</pre>";
}
curl_close ($ch);
?>

Thanks for the advice. All it gave me was the original error. . .

At this point I'll pay someone to do this $35 by PayPal, but it has to be done ASAP.

Let me know.

damnit
CURL ERROR: SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: error:14090086:SSL routines:func(144):reason(134)

[NogDog]

Do you still have the curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); line in there?

[mrxila]

Hey, thanks for your help. I got this resolved . . I had to pay someone but whatever.

I have a simple question. I'm trying to use Simple XML to place some data into an array can someone tell me how to write this?

This is what I've been trying to use:

$testme2 = $xml->ProductGroup->Product->ProductCustomId[1];

I'm trying to grab the data inside <ProductCustomID>

The XML is the following:

<OsirisResponse version="1.0" type="PREQUAL" responseid="30416">
<PreQualResponse>
<PrequalId>89375</PrequalId>
<LocationType>R</LocationType>
<Phone>7872228888</Phone>
<ZipCode>8788</ZipCode>
<Network>

		<NetworkId>2</NetworkId>
		<NetworkName>ATTTAS</NetworkName>
		<Qualified>YES</Qualified>
		<ProductGroup>
			<DisplaySpeed>384-1500/128-256Kbps</DisplaySpeed>
			<DisplayName>Basic Web User</DisplayName>

			<TermsId>449</TermsId>
			<WholesaleProductId>647</WholesaleProductId>
			<WholesaleProductPrice>19.9500</WholesaleProductPrice>
			<WholesaleIpsIncluded>1</WholesaleIpsIncluded>
			<Product>
				<ProductId>3308</ProductId>

				<ProductCustomId>34334<ProductCustomId>
				<DisplayDescription>384-1500/128-256Kbps</DisplayDescription>
				<DisplayDescriptionDetails>Wholesale Cost 19.95</DisplayDescriptionDetails>
				<ProductPrice>22.9500</ProductPrice>
				<SetupPrice>0.0000</SetupPrice>
				<ProInstallPrice>250.0000</ProInstallPrice>

				<ConnectionType>PPPoE</ConnectionType>
				<LocationType>R</LocationType>
				<IpsIncluded>1</IpsIncluded>
				<ContractTerm>24</ContractTerm>
				<Equipment>FORCE</Equipment>
				<CreatedDate>2007-02-21T09:36:08.290</CreatedDate>

				<ActivatedDate>2007-02-21T09:36:06.657</ActivatedDate>
				<DeActivatedDate>2200-12-31T00:00:00</DeActivatedDate>
			</Product>
			<Product>
				<ProductId>7823</ProductId>
				<ProductCustomId />
				<DisplayDescription>384-1500/128-256Kbps</DisplayDescription>

				<DisplayDescriptionDetails>6 Months Prepay</DisplayDescriptionDetails>
				<ProductPrice>24.9500</ProductPrice>
				<SetupPrice>0.0000</SetupPrice>
				<ProInstallPrice>0.0000</ProInstallPrice>
				<ConnectionType>PPPoE</ConnectionType>
				<LocationType>R</LocationType>

				<IpsIncluded>1</IpsIncluded>
				<ContractTerm>6</ContractTerm>
				<Equipment>OPTION</Equipment>
				<CreatedDate>2007-05-16T17:36:49.003</CreatedDate>
				<ActivatedDate>2007-05-16T17:36:49.337</ActivatedDate>
				<DeActivatedDate>2200-12-31T00:00:00</DeActivatedDate>

			</Product>
			<Product>
				<ProductId>13904</ProductId>
				<ProductCustomId>710</ProductCustomId>
				<DisplayDescription> 384-1500/128-256Kbps</DisplayDescription>
				<DisplayDescriptionDetails>AT&amp;T Texas</DisplayDescriptionDetails>

				<ProductPrice>29.9900</ProductPrice>
				<SetupPrice>5.0000</SetupPrice>
				<ProInstallPrice>0.0000</ProInstallPrice>
				<ConnectionType>PPPoE</ConnectionType>
				<LocationType>R</LocationType>
				<IpsIncluded>1</IpsIncluded>

				<ContractTerm>1</ContractTerm>
				<Equipment>OPTION</Equipment>
				<CreatedDate>2007-09-29T12:58:18.263</CreatedDate>
				<ActivatedDate>2007-09-29T12:58:18.153</ActivatedDate>
				<DeActivatedDate>2200-12-31T00:00:00</DeActivatedDate>
			</Product>

</ProductGroup>
</Network>
</PreQualResponse>

</OsirisResponse>

[apriest]

$host = "www.voipcompany.com";
$service_uri = "/API/1.0/";
$port=443; // don't forget it's SSL

$xml = "<XMLcontent><MoreXML></MoreXML></XMLcontent>";

$head  = "Host: ".$host."\r\n";
$head .= "User-Agent: PHP Script\r\n";
$head .= "Content-Type: text/xml\r\n";
$head .= "Content-Length: ".strlen($xml)."\r\n";
$head .= "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";

$fp =@ fsockopen("ssl://".$host, $port, $errno, $errstr);
if ($fp)
{
   fputs($fp, "POST $service_uri  HTTP/1.0\r\n".$head.$xml);
   $result =@ stream_get_contents($fp);
   fclose($fp);
   print $result;
}
else print $errstr;

[mrxila]

Thank you!

I actually paid someone to do this for me already and have since built a entire system around it. I will be posting here for reference exactly how I got it done when time permits.

apriest wrote:

$host = "www.voipcompany.com";
$service_uri = "/API/1.0/";
$port=443; // don't forget it's SSL

$xml = "<XMLcontent><MoreXML></MoreXML></XMLcontent>";

$head  = "Host: ".$host."\r\n";
$head .= "User-Agent: PHP Script\r\n";
$head .= "Content-Type: text/xml\r\n";
$head .= "Content-Length: ".strlen($xml)."\r\n";
$head .= "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";

$fp =@ fsockopen("ssl://".$host, $port, $errno, $errstr);
if ($fp)
{
   fputs($fp, "POST $service_uri  HTTP/1.0\r\n".$head.$xml);
   $result =@ stream_get_contents($fp);
   fclose($fp);
   print $result;
}
else print $errstr;[/QUOTE]