Moving from cURL Soap to Soap Client in PHP

Question

I'm trying to use PHP Soap but am really struggling. I can build and send the following via cURL but have no idea how to build using SoapClient.

 <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:auc="http://xxxxxxx.com/APOnline" xmlns:get="http://xxxxxxx.com/APOnline/GMData">
 <soapenv:Header/>
 <soapenv:Body>
  <auc:GMData>
     <!--Optional:-->
     <auc:args>
        <get:Authentication>
           <auc:PartnerId>XXXXXXX</auc:PartnerId>
           <auc:UserName>XXXXXXX</auc:UserName>
           <auc:Password>XXXXXXX</auc:Password>
        </get:Authentication>
        <get:ProjectIdentification>
           <!--Optional:-->
           <auc:Organization></auc:Organization>
           <!--Optional:-->
           <auc:Project></auc:Project>
           <!--Optional:-->
           <auc:ProjectId>1111111</auc:ProjectId>
        </get:ProjectIdentification>
        <get:Timestamp>0</get:Timestamp>
     </auc:args>
  </auc:GMData>
 </soapenv:Body>
 </soapenv:Envelope>

I need to get it back as an array so I can loop through data. Any help on how to build this with SoapVars or just complex arrays would save me days. From what I see, I can't send authentication via headers so that's where I start getting stuck.

Lastly, in my cURL I pass the following headers:

 $headers = array(
                "Content-type: text/xml;charset=\"utf-8\"",
                "Accept: text/xml",
                "Cache-Control: no-cache",
                "Pragma: no-cache",
                "SOAPAction: http://xxxxxxxx.com/APOnline/GMData", 
                "Content-length: ".strlen($postXML),
            );

I've tried:

 $soapURL = "https://xxxxxx.com/Webservices/DataExchange?wsdl" ;
 $soapParameters = Array('PartnerID' => "xxxx", 'UserName' => "xxxx", 'Password' => "xxxx") ;
 $soapFunction = "GMData" ;

 $soapClient = new SoapClient($soapURL);
 $soapResult = $soapClient->GMData($soapParameters);
 var_dump($soapResult);

The error I get is: Fatal error: Fatal error: Uncaught SoapFault exception: [a:InternalServiceFault] Object reference not set to an instance of an object. in /var/www/cron-gg-update.php:35 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: SoapClient->__call('GMData...', Array) #1 /var/www/cron-gg-update.php(35): SoapClient->GMData(Array) #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/cron-gg-update.php on line 35

Does anyone have sample code I could try? I'm struggling with how to build the array (I think).

I feel your pain, but hang in there. What have you tried so far, with `SoapClient`? Can you show some code and the errors you got? — Sébastien, Sep 29 '13 at 03:57
I added my SoapClient logic above. Certainly not proud of it. — M Charles, Sep 29 '13 at 20:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Finally sorted it out. I just needed to keep trying.

 $soapURL = "https://xxxxx.com/Webservices/DataExchange?wsdl" ;
 $sc = new SoapClient($soapURL);
 $Authentication = array("PartnerId"=>"xxxx","UserName"=>"xxxx","Password"=>"xxxx");
 $ProjectIdentification  = array("ProjectId"=>INT);
 $res = $sc->GMData(array("args"=>array("Authentication"=>$Authentication,"ProjectIdentification"=>$ProjectIdentification)));

I was missing the "args" object. It just took a better structured array. Found help on this post "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error connecting to SOAP server from PHP

Moving from cURL Soap to Soap Client in PHP

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