PHP SoapClient creating XML references for identical elements, makes it unacceptable for service

Question

I am working on a SOAP client in PHP, and the calls are going through to the service fine, with the exception of calls where there are elements that are identical to each ot

Answer 1

Hello You can try this fix:

You need to extends the SoapClient and fix the generated request:

You need to add the tags that are causing problems here

$tags = ['Tag1', 'Tag2', 'Tag3'];

And then use the MySoapClient instead of SoapClient

class MySoapClient extends SoapClient {

public function __construct($a, $b){
    parent::__construct($a, $b);
}

public function __doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version, $one_way = 0) {

    $tags = ['Tag1', 'Tag2', 'Tag3'];
    foreach($tags as $tag){
        if (preg_match("~<ns1:{$tag} id=\"ref(.+)\">(.+)</ns1:{$tag}>~ismU", $request, $matches)) {
            $ref = $matches[1];

            $request = str_replace([' id="ref'.$ref.'"'], '', $request);

            $tagValue = "<ns1:{$tag}>{$matches[2]}</ns1:{$tag}>";
            $request = str_replace("<ns1:{$tag} href=\"#ref{$ref}\"/>", $tagValue, $request);
        }
    }
    return parent::__doRequest($request, $location, $action, $version);
}

}

Answer 2

In your PHP code make a property with unique index so the resulting XML will look like:

<ns1:someelement>
  <ns1:name>name1</ns1:name>
  <ns1:value>value1</ns1:value>
  <ns1:index>0</ns1:value>
</ns1:someelement>
<ns1:someelement>
  <ns1:name>name1</ns1:name>
  <ns1:value>value1</ns1:value>
  <ns1:index>1</ns1:value>
</ns1:someelement>

Then PHP SoapClient will not make href references to the same copies of data and web service successfully ignored these unique fields in my case. No, I do not pass the same fields of someelement as reference in PHP code. They are cloned, however PHP SoapClient is smart enough to zip their multiple occurencies as references, unfortunately.

Answer 3

• Make sure not use references
• Try to add params manually with SoapParam
• Try to add params manually with SoapVar

---

$soapClient->__soapCall('Method', array(
    new SoapParam($someelement1, 'someelement'),
    // or
    new SoapVar('<ns1:someelement><ns1:name>name1</ns1:name><ns1:value>value1</ns1:value></ns1:someelement>', XSD_ANYXML)
));

Answer 4

SoapClient makes a reference only when you use the same object on multiple XML nodes. Make for each place a new object if you do not want the references.