Echo xml result from wcf service in php?

Question

I have a WCF Operation GetColors which returns a list of colors as GetColorsResult. I am getting the result fine, but how do I loop through GetColorsResult in php and echo each element?

I am doing:

<?php

header('Content-Type: text/plain');

echo "WCF Test\r\n\r\n";

// Create a new soap client based on the service's metadata (WSDL)
$client = new SoapClient('http://localhost:8181/Colors.svc?wsdl',array(
                         'login' => "test", 'password' => "test"));


 $retval = $client->GetColors();


 //Need to loop throuh $retval here

 echo $retval->GetColorsResult; //This throws error.




?>

Is there way to control the name of the result, for example, I did not specify WCF to return GetColorsResult, it appended Result to my method call. Likewise, it appends Response to GetColors for the Response (GetColorsResponse)

Output when doing print_r($retval):

stdClass Object
(
    [GetColorsResult] => stdClass Object
        (
            [Color] => Array
                (
                [0] => stdClass Object
                    (
                        [Code] => 1972
                        [Name] => RED
                    )

                [1] => stdClass Object
                    (
                        [Code] => 2003
                        [Name] => BLUE
                    )

                [2] => stdClass Object
                    (
                        [Code] => 2177
                        [Name] => GREEN
                    )
               )
          )
      )

You might want to add some of the code you already have... (didn't downvote by the way) — Mr47, May 25 '11 at 20:29
I will be glad to add code. Don't know why the downvote, I am not familiar with php. — Xaisoft, May 25 '11 at 20:30
@TerrenceJackson, I updated my post to show print_r($retval) results — Xaisoft, May 25 '11 at 20:42

TerenceJackson · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-25T21:13:14.843

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regarding to your print_r this should give you all the values:

<?php
$colorResult = $retval->GetColorsResult;
foreach($colorResult->Color as $color){
  echo $color->Code . " " . $color->Name . "<br />";
}
?>

is this what you needed?

BR,

TJ

EDIT: If you just need it for debugging purposes, you should use print_r. Have a look here: print_r PHP Documentation

edited May 25 '11 at 21:13

answered May 25 '11 at 20:56

TerenceJackson

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I did exactly what you said and it doesn't throw an error, but it just prints out 11223330000, but I am just doing: echo $color->Name + "
" – Xaisoft May 25 '11 at 21:05
I removed the
and it worked, but now everything is on one line. – Xaisoft May 25 '11 at 21:07
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I had to do a . instead of a + for concatenation. Thanks. – Xaisoft May 25 '11 at 21:10
is the linebreak in html. What exactly do you want for the outup? Something like or ; – TerenceJackson May 25 '11 at 21:10
I fixed it but I had to do . instead of the + – Xaisoft May 25 '11 at 21:11
Oh, sry. You're right. I was in the wrong language there ... ;) I change it. Thx for the remark ;) – TerenceJackson May 25 '11 at 21:12
No problem, I am used to the + as well. – Xaisoft May 26 '11 at 01:34

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