Question

How could I send SimpleXmlElement object via Curl using POST request type and receive SimpleXmlElement object back.

I made two files on my local server and created object.

URLs:

• http://someaddress/fileOne.php
• http://someaddress/fileTwo.php

Object in from first file:

$Xml = new SimpleXMLElement( '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><SomeXml></SomeXml>' );
$Translation = $Xml->addChild( 'Translation' );
$Translation->addChild( 'Phrase', 'test' );

and now I would like to send this $Xml object via curl and parse it in other file and send back

$Xml = new SimpleXMLElement( '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><SomeXml></SomeXml>' );
$Translation = $Xml->addChild( 'Translation' );
$Translation->addChild( 'Phrase', "Got your phrase: $phrase" );

I would appreciate very much if you could provide code examples.
Thanks everyone for help.

Answer 1

You wouldn’t send the SimpleXMLElement object, you would send the XML data.

From your send side, you would:

$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><SomeXml></SomeXml>';

// assuming you have a previously initialized $curl_handle
curl_setopt( $curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xml);

Then from your receive side you would just get the request and parse it using SimpleXml.