How to read soapenv:Envelope xml node in php?

Question

I have below given xml data file. i want to read node. can anyone help me out.

$this->soapResponse

has response xml data.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<addItemToShoppingCartResponse xmlns="http://www.sample.com/services">
<ack>Warning</ack>
</addItemToShoppingCartResponse>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

i am trying

$xml = new  SimpleXMLElement($this->soapResponse);
print_r((string)$xml->addItemToShoppingCartResponse->ack );

Take a look at this; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14770898/soapenvelope-soap-envenvelope-php — Matheno, Sep 12 '14 at 13:17
I want to read this xml file. i have got this in response. this is not request xml. — Manish Malviya, Sep 12 '14 at 13:31
To whoever closed this: This question is about **how to adress data items in a soap response** - and not about requesting stuff. — Jens A. Koch, Sep 12 '14 at 13:45

Jens A. Koch · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-15T15:41:52.010

You might want to use simplexml_load_string(), then register your namespaces with registerXPathNamespace() and then you can start to adress your items by using xpath(). Then you are able to use these namespaces to adress the items correctly in your xpath query.

<?php

$xml = '
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<addItemToShoppingCartResponse xmlns="http://www.sample.com/services">
    <ack>Warning</ack>
</addItemToShoppingCartResponse>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
';

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml, NULL, NULL, "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/");

// register your used namespace prefixes
$xml->registerXPathNamespace('soap-env', 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/');
$xml->registerXPathNamespace('services', 'http://www.sample.com/services'); // ? ns not in use

// then use xpath to adress the item you want (using this NS)
$nodes = $xml->xpath('/soapenv:Envelope/soapenv:Body/services:addItemToShoppingCartResponse/services:ack');
$ack = (string) $nodes[0];
var_dump($ack);

Question from comments:

"What if i file have subnodes in addItemToShoppingCartResponse node? How to apply foreach loop?"

Answer

Use xpath to travel and select the node, which is one level above your items. Here it's "ship". You will get all the items underneath ship. Then might use an foreach iteration to get the content.

Note: Nodes are always "lists/arrays" - so you need the [0]. But you see that, when using var_dump(), too.

// example data looks like this
// addItemToShoppingCartResponse -> ship -> item
$xml = '
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soapenv:Header/>
<soapenv:Body>
<addItemToShoppingCartResponse xmlns="http://www.sample.com/services">
   <ack>warrning</ack> 
   <ship>
     <item>231</item>
     <item>232</item>
   </ship>
</addItemToShoppingCartResponse>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
';

// load xml like above + register NS

// select items node (addItemToShoppingCartResponse -> ship)
$items = $xml->xpath('/soapenv:Envelope/soapenv:Body/services:addItemToShoppingCartResponse/services:ship/services:item');

// iterate item nodes
foreach ($items as $item) 
{
  //var_dump($item);
  echo (string) $item[0];
}

Thanks for the reply. what if i file have subnodes in addItemToShoppingCartResponse node.(i mean how to apply foreach loop) warrning 231 231 — Manish Malviya, Sep 15 '14 at 05:34

Clément Malet · Answer 2 · 2014-09-12T13:43:19.513

0

If you want to use SimpleXML, then you will have to use namespaces and the children method :

echo (string) $xml->children("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
    ->Body
    ->children()
    ->addItemToShoppingCartResponse
    ->ack;

Output :

Warning

edited Sep 12 '14 at 13:43

answered Sep 12 '14 at 13:34

Clément Malet

5,062
3
29
48

How to read soapenv:Envelope xml node in php?

2 Answers2