soap array conversion to php array

[alif]

Hello all,

Can anyone please help to convert the following soap string into php array.

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://uk.apitest.tripsta.net/flight/api/wsdl" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<ns1:searchResponse>
<return SOAP-ENC:arrayType="SOAP-ENC:Struct[234]" xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array">
<item xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Struct">
<legs SOAP-ENC:arrayType="SOAP-ENC:Struct[2]" xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array">
<item xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Struct">
<type xsi:type="xsd:string">OB</type>
<segments SOAP-ENC:arrayType="SOAP-ENC:Struct[1]" xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array">
<item xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Struct">
<airlineCode xsi:type="xsd:string">BA</airlineCode>
<flightNumber xsi:type="xsd:string">572</flightNumber>
...
....
......
........

</item>
</return>
</ns1:searchResponse>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>


Thanks in advance.

[pbs]

you will need SOAP client to call SOAP web service, check nusoap php library to do the same

[alif]

Thanks for the reply.

I had already used the webservice and got reply from the third party. The response which i get is in the format as i have listed in my post. My question is that now how should i convert this soap string into php array so that i can access the data.

If i use nusoap php library to used webservice then the response will be in normal php ? If not then again the problem is same that how would i convert this soap string in php array and how would i access the data in the string.

Please, Please help me, i had got trapped in this issue.

Thanks in advance.

[johnj]

Why don't you parse this xml? There are plenty of xml parsing functions in php

[alif]

Thanks for the reply.

I would like to let you know that this is soap encoded array, and i think it will not be parsed using any xml parser.

As per you post can i ask for any xml parser which will parse soap encoded xml array. Thanks in advance

[johnj]

If it is a string called $soap_str then you can type cast it like, $new_array = (array)$soap_str;

[johnj]

$element = new SimpleXMLElement( $xmlsoapstr );
$singleElement = $element->Body->searchResponse->return->item;

$new_array = array(
$singleElement->airlineCode,
$single->Flight Number);

something like this - I did not test the above code but it is possible...