PHP - accessing a returned object array from a SOAP client request

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I am very new to PHP. I am working on a project that makes a soap client request to a WSDL created from java and returns the response from the java program as List. I want to access the string from the returned array object in php, but am not able to do so.

Please find the code that I have used below -

$client = new SoapClient("http://rakesh-pc:8080/WikiEdit/wikiSearchService?wsdl");
$user = $_SESSION['user'];
$params = array(
"arg0" => $user,
);
$result = $client->wikiFind($params);
var_dump($result);

I am getting the following var_dump result for my program. Sorry, if it is not properly formatted.

object(stdClass)[2]                                                                     
    public 'return' => 
    array (size=41)                                                                         
    0 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism>' (length=40)    
    1 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Anarchist_SkinHeads>' (length=58)    
    2 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_and_Anarchist_Skinheads>' (length=58)     
    3 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-statism>' (length=43)                   
    4 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism>' (length=49)            
    5 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-Capitalism>' (length=49)           
    6 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualist_anarchism>' (length=54)        
    7 => string '<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualist_Anarchism>' (length=54)        
    ....

I have tried several ways. The thing which is confusing me is that if I give count($result->return) to access the object, it is giving 41, which is correct. But if I try the same thing to display the string using echo $result->return[$i] in a while loop, I am getting only a blank page

This may sound trivial to some of you guys here, but I have been struggling with it from yesterday. Any help would be appreciated.

gam6itko · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-15 11:29:47Z

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You need to convert your object to an array. I like to use the following function:

function objectToArray( $object ){

    if( !is_object( $object ) && !is_array( $object ) ){
           return $object;
    }

    if( is_object( $object ) ){
        $object = get_object_vars( $object );
    }

    return array_map( 'objectToArray', $object );
}

$myResultArray = objectToArray($result);
var_dump($myResultArray);
echo $myResultArray[0];

edited Sep 15, 2016 at 11:29

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ComFreek · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-24 17:39:29Z

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Solution

Insert htmlspecialchars():

echo htmlspecialchars($result->return[$i], ENT_HTML5);

How to linkify:

// Grab the raw URL
$url = substr($result->return[$i], 1, -1);
// Echo <a> incl. the text
echo "<a href='$url'>", echo htmlspecialchars($result->return[$i], ENT_HTML5), "</a>";

Explanation of the problem

Please try inserting the following line at the beginning of your script:

header('Content-type: text/plain');

I suspect that the angular brackets of the strings are the "problem". The browser tries to interpret them as HTML tags, but fails and then hides them.

Sending another content-type such as plain text will prevent the browser from interpreting the output.

You can also try this method instead of the first one I provided:

var_dump($result->return[$i]);

edited Nov 24, 2013 at 17:39

answered Nov 23, 2013 at 18:32

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RakeshD Over a year ago

Thank You so much for the reply. I am trying your solution now. I will let you know in a while.

RakeshD Over a year ago

I have tried both your method. The first one displays the strings in echo command itself. But all the HTML tags are also displayed along with it. I forgot to mention it you that I am using HTML as well. The second one displays the URL with the string and length attribute.

RakeshD Over a year ago

Is there any way to display the string as URL directly?

ComFreek Over a year ago

@user3025552 Sorry for the late reply. Please see my updated answer. (var_dump() is for debugging purposes, therefore it also display the string's length along with some quotes.)

RakeshD Over a year ago

Sorry about the very late reply, was outside.. It did work. It is now displaying the link as <http//wikipedai..> string. Is there any way to display the same string as a URL. Thanks in Advance!

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user1431775 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-23 18:33:06Z

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Try:

$result =  (array)$client->wikiFind($params);
print_r($result);

answered Nov 23, 2013 at 18:33

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PKolos · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-23 20:02:14Z

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You should parse property result to array:

print_r((array)$result->return)

answered Nov 23, 2013 at 20:02

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Alejandro Aranda · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-21 11:45:36Z

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My version

function objectToArray($data) {
    if (is_object($data)&& !is_array($data)) {
        $array = array();            
        $array[0] = $data;
        return $array;
    }else{
        if (empty($data)){
            return array();
        }else{
            return $data;
        }

    }        
}

answered Dec 21, 2017 at 11:45

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