Problems creating a string of xml

$plist = '<?xml version = "1.0"?>';
$plist .= '<REQUEST_GROUP MISMOVersionID="2.1">';
$plist .= '<REQUEST LoginAccountIdentifier="testuser"';
$plist .= ' LoginAccountPassword="testpass">';
//more data
$plist .= '<_RESIDENCE _StreetAddress="10655 Birch St"';              
$plist .= ' _City="Burbank"';     
$plist .= ' _State="CA" _PostalCode="20906" />'; 

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It appears the data <_ appears but not the rest of th data when I echo $plist.

 

If you change that first line to just $plist = ''; does it work? The "<?" may be being interpreted as a script opening. Be sure you have on full error reporting (including notices) and let us know if any errors are popping up.

You may also want to try building your XML tree using the DOM classes that are built in to PHP.

 

try simple hack with the <? ?>

<?php
$plist = '<\?xml version = "1.0"\?>';
$plist = str_replace('\\','',$plist);
$plist .= '<REQUEST_GROUP MISMOVersionID="2.1">';
$plist .= '<REQUEST LoginAccountIdentifier="testuser"';
$plist .= ' LoginAccountPassword="testpass">';
//more data
$plist .= '<_RESIDENCE _StreetAddress="10655 Birch St"';
$plist .= ' _City="Burbank"';
$plist .= ' _State="CA" _PostalCode="20906" />';

echo $plist;
?>

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Thanks I've been working on this and found a much better way to create the xml.

<?php
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0');
//create root element <Request_group> and append it to the document
$REQUEST_GROUP = $dom->appendChild($dom->createElement('REQUEST_GROUP'));
$REQUEST_GROUP->setAttribute('MISMOVersionID','2.1');

$REQUEST=$REQUEST_GROUP->appendChild($dom->createElement('REQUEST'));
$REQUEST->setAttribute('LoginAccountIdentifier','testuser');

$KEY=$REQUEST->appendChild($dom->createElement('KEY'));
$KEY->setAttribute('_NAME','MemberID');
$KEY->setAttribute('_Value','100');

$REQUEST_DATA=$REQUEST->appendChild($dom->createElement('REQUEST_DATA'));
$CREDIT_REQUEST=$REQUEST_DATA->appendChild($dom->createElement('CREDIT_REQUEST'));
$CREDIT_REQUEST->setAttribute('MISMOVersionID','2.1');

$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA=$CREDIT_REQUEST->appendChild($dom->createElement('CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA'));
$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA->setAttribute('CreditRequestID','CRReq0001');
$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA->setAttribute('BorrowerID','BorRec0001');
$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA->setAttribute('CreditReportRequestActionType','Submit');
$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA->setAttribute('CreditReportType','Consumer');
$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA->setAttribute('CreditRequestType','Individual');

$CREDIT_REPOSITORY_INCLUDED=$CREDIT_REQUEST_DATA->appendChild($dom->createElement('CREDIT_REPOSITORY_INCLUDED'));
$CREDIT_REPOSITORY_INCLUDED->setAttribute('_EquifaxIndicator','N');
$CREDIT_REPOSITORY_INCLUDED->setAttribute('_ExperianIndicator','Y');
$CREDIT_REPOSITORY_INCLUDED->setAttribute('_TransUnionIndicator','N');

$LOAN_APPLICATION=$CREDIT_REQUEST->appendChild($dom->createElement('LOAN_APPLICATION'));
$BORROWER=$LOAN_APPLICATION->appendChild($dom->createElement('BORROWER'));
$BORROWER->setAttribute('BorrowerID','BorRec0001');
$BORROWER->setAttribute('_FirstName','EVPAULA');
$BORROWER->setAttribute('_MiddleName','');
$BORROWER->setAttribute('_LastName','Consumer');
$BORROWER->setAttribute('_SSN','376988419');


$_RESIDENCE=$BORROWER->appendChild($dom->createElement('_RESIDENCE'));
$_RESIDENCE->setAttribute('_StreetAddress','10655 Birch St');
$_RESIDENCE->setAttribute('_City','Burbank');
$_RESIDENCE->setAttribute('_State','Ca');
$_RESIDENCE->setAttribute('_PostalCode','20906');

$dom -> formatOutput = true;
$result= $dom->saveXML();

 ?>

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Now I am working on figuring out why curl isn't sending it correctly. I'll post back in a little bit on t hat

 

Still can't figure out how to get curl to properly post the xml. Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Currently my code looks like this

<?php
Require 'createquidataxml.php';
$Result = simplexml_load_string($result);
$xmlResult= $Result->asXML();
$ch= curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.yourcomputerconsultant.com/test_data.php");      
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $test=$xmlResult);
 
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

?>

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I have tried it with and without $xmlResult= $Result->asXML();

Just hitting my head right now.

 

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, [b]$test=$xmlResult[/b]);

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i think you need to specify the postfiled like this example:

$data = array(
    'uname' => $user,
    'pass' => $pass,
    'op' => 'login',
    'submit' => 'Login'
);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

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this is equal to

uname=$user&pass=$pass&op=login&subit=Login

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But thats not xml?

How would I do that with an xml file I am trying to post?

 

play around with this xml2array function. http://www.bin-co.com/php/scripts/xml2array/