PHP SOAP Why are parameters not being sent?

Question

I need to send a SOAP request to a .NET Web Services (*.asmx). I am creating a WSDL SoapClient object and I need to make a __soapCall sending 2 parameters: LoginName and Password. The XML should be something like the exemple to work, but the XML created has the parameters all confused.

This is the code:

$client = new SoapClient("https://server/service.asmx?WSDL",array("trace"=>1,'soap_version' => SOAP_1_2)); 
$client->__setCookie('ticket',$ticket);
$param= array('LoginName'=>'name','Password'=>  base64_encode('123456'));
$client->__soapCall('AddPlayer', $param);
echo "REQUEST:\n" . htmlentities($sweepStakesClient->__getLastRequest()) . "\n";

Also tried:

$param = array(new SoapParam('name','LoginName'),new SoapParam(base64_encode('123456'),'Password'));

Echo returns:

REQUEST: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:ns1="http://server.com/Service">
<env:Body>
 <ns1:AddPlayer/>
  <Password>MTIyMzQ1NTY=</Password>
</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>

I need it to be something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soap12:Body>
    <AddPlayer xmlns="http://server.com/Service">
      <request>
        <LoginName>name</LoginName>
        <Password>MTIyMzQ1NTY=</Password>
      </request>
    </AddPlayer>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

What are you trying to accomplish here? A little more clarification would be useful :) — Shrout1, Jul 02 '15 at 18:43
Does the second answer here help? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/953639/connecting-to-ws-security-protected-web-service-with-php Not sure if you are trying to do Wsse auth. Think the StdClass approach over an array rings some bells though. — ficuscr, Jul 02 '15 at 18:47
I need to send a SOAP request to a .NET Web Services (*.asmx). I am creating a WSDL SoapClient object and I need to make a __soapCall sending 2 parameters: LoginName and Password. The XML should be something like the exemple to work, but the XML created is all confused. — Fabio Rizzo Sciubba, Jul 02 '15 at 18:50
Gotta love a good REST interface... You might like NuSOAP as a friendlier PHP soap client / wrapper. — ficuscr, Jul 02 '15 at 18:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 20:55

Please pay attention to the documentation provided on php.net regarding the method you use here, SoapClient::__soapCall():

This is a low level API function that is used to make a SOAP call. Usually, in WSDL mode, SOAP functions can be called as methods of the SoapClient object. This method is useful in non-WSDL mode when soapaction is unknown, uri differs from the default or when sending and/or receiving SOAP Headers.

You're in WSDL mode, so you don't need to use it at all. Instead call the method directly:

$client->AddPlayer('name', 'MTIyMzQ1NTY');

When you debug you should see that it matches up with the method name and the two parameters. In case not, fall-back to SoapClient::__call() and use the array with the named parameters again as second parameter. But it's much more comfortable to do it the WSDL style with named methods.

PHP SOAP Why are parameters not being sent?

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