SoapVar Constructor - Creating Encoded Values

This section provides a tutorial example on how to create input parameters with type encoded values. Built-in types are XSD_STRING, XSD_BOOLEAN, XSD_DECIMAL, XSD_DATE, XSD_ANYXML, etc.

In the previous tutorial, I tried to specify input parameter names with the SoapParam constructor. It did not work because my WSDL document has parameter names explicitly defined.

In this tutorial, I want test the SoapVar constructor, which can be used to encode strings into SOAP values:

   $value = new SoapVar($string, encoding);

"encoding" should be one of predefined constants like: XSD_STRING, XSD_BOOLEAN, XSD_DECIMAL, XSD_DATETIME, XSD_TIME, XSD_DATE, XSD_ANYURI, XSD_ANYXML, etc.

Here is my testing tutorial program, SoapClient_SoapVar.php:

<?php
# SoapClient_SoapVar.php
# Copyright (c) 2007 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved.
#
#- Loading the WSDL document
   $server = "https://www.herongyang.com/Service/";
   $wsdl = $server . "GetStockPrice_WSDL_11_SOAP_11_RPC.wsdl";
   $client = new SoapClient($wsdl,
      array('trace' => TRUE));

#- Test 1: Calling with values directly
   $result = $client->GetStockPrice('GOOG', 'NASDAQ', '2007-07-07');
   print $client->__getLastRequest()."\n";

#- Test 2: Calling with SoapVal objects correct encoding types
   $stock = new SoapVar("GOOG", XSD_STRING);
   $market = new SoapVar("NASDAQ", XSD_STRING);
   $date = new SoapVar("2007-07-07", XSD_DATE);
   $result = $client->GetStockPrice($stock, $market, $date);
   print $client->__getLastRequest()."\n";

#- Test 3: Calling with SoapVal objects with incorrect encoding types
   $stock = new SoapVar("<Stock>GOOG</Stock>", XSD_STRING);
   $market = new SoapVar("<Market>NASDAQ</Market>", XSD_ANYXML);
   $date = new SoapVar("2007-07-07", XSD_DATETIME);
   $result = $client->GetStockPrice($stock, $market, $date);
   print $client->__getLastRequest()."\n";
?>

Here is the result of this tutorial program:

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope ...">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <SOAP-ENV:GetStockPrice>
      <stockPart xsi:type="xsd:string">GOOG</stockPart>
      <marketPart xsi:type="xsd:string">NASDAQ</marketPart>
      <datePart xsi:type="xsd:date">2007-07-07</datePart>
    </SOAP-ENV:GetStockPrice>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope ...">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <SOAP-ENV:GetStockPrice>
      <stockPart xsi:type="xsd:string">GOOG</stockPart>
      <marketPart xsi:type="xsd:string">NASDAQ</marketPart>
      <datePart xsi:type="xsd:date">2007-07-07</datePart>
    </SOAP-ENV:GetStockPrice>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope ...">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <SOAP-ENV:GetStockPrice>
      <stockPart xsi:type="xsd:string">&lt;Stock&gt;GOOG
        &lt;/Stock&gt;</stockPart>
      <Market>NASDAQ</Market>
      <datePart xsi:type="xsd:dateTime">2007-07-07</datePart>
    </SOAP-ENV:GetStockPrice>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

This result is very interesting:

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction to WSDL 2.0

 WSDL 2.0 Document Structure and Syntax

 WSDL Version 2.0 Part 2: Adjuncts

 WSDL 2.0 Document Examples with SOAP Binding

 Using WSDL Document in Java Apache Axis2/Java for WSDL

 Apache Woden for WSDL Documents in Java

 SoapUI - Web Service Testing Tool

 PHP SOAP Extension for WSDL

 Perl SOAP::Lite for WSDL

 Introduction to WSDL 1.1

 WSDL 1.1 Document Structure and Syntax

 WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.1

 SoapUI as WSDL 1.1 Testing Tool

 WSDL 1.1 and SOAP 1.1 Examples - Document and RPC Styles

PHP SOAP Extension for WSDL 1.1

 Testing SOAP Extension with WSDL 1.1

 Methods on the SoapClient Class

 Calling an RPC Method Based Web Service

 encodingStyle="uri" Required for rpc/encoded

 SoapParam Constructor - Creating Named Parameters

SoapVar Constructor - Creating Encoded Values

 XSD_ANYXML Encoding - Building SOAP Body Element

 Calling an XML Document Based Web Service

 Perl SOAP::Lite for WSDL 1.1

 Apache Axis2/Java for WSDL 1.1

 Using WSDL2Java to Generate Web Service Stub Classes

 WSDL 1.1 Binding Extension for SOAP 1.2

 WSDL 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 Examples - Document and RPC Styles

 SOAP 1.2 Binding - PHP, Java and Perl Clients

 Python SOAP Client: Zeep

 WSDL Related Terminologies

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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