php man page for xmlrpc_encode_request

XMLRPC_ENCODE_REQUEST(3)						 1						  XMLRPC_ENCODE_REQUEST(3)

xmlrpc_encode_request - Generates XML for a method request

SYNOPSIS
       string xmlrpc_encode_request (string  $method, mixed  $params, [array  $output_options])

DESCRIPTION
       Warning

	      This  function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in
	      a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.

PARAMETERS
	      o $method
		- Name of the method to call.

	      o $params
		- Method parameters compatible with method signature.

	      o $output_options
		- Array specifying output options may contain (default values are emphasised):

		     ooutput_type: php,
		       xml

		     overbosity: no_white_space, newlines_only,
		       pretty

		     oescaping: cdata,
		       non-ascii, non-print, markup (may be a string with one value or an array with multiple values)

		     oversion: simple,
		       xmlrpc, soap 1.1, auto

		     oencoding:
		       iso-8859-1, other character set supported by iconv

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a string containing the XML representation of the request.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      XMLRPC client functions example

	      <?php
	      $request = xmlrpc_encode_request("method", array(1, 2, 3));
	      $context = stream_context_create(array('http' => array(
		  'method' => "POST",
		  'header' => "Content-Type: text/xml",
		  'content' => $request
	      )));
	      $file = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/xmlrpc", false, $context);
	      $response = xmlrpc_decode($file);
	      if ($response && xmlrpc_is_fault($response)) {
		  trigger_error("xmlrpc: $response[faultString] ($response[faultCode])");
	      } else {
		  print_r($response);
	      }
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       stream_context_create(3), file_get_contents(3), xmlrpc_decode(3).

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