PYTHON xmlrpc_encode_request

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Help on function dumps in module xmlrpclib:

dumps(params, methodname=None, methodresponse=None, encoding=None, allow_none=0)
data -> marshalled data

Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).

In addition to the data object, the following options can be given
as keyword arguments:

methodname: the method name for a methodCall packet

methodresponse: true to create a methodResponse packet.
If this option is used with a tuple, the tuple must be
a singleton (i.e. it can contain only one element).

encoding: the packet encoding (default is UTF-8)

All 8-bit strings in the data structure are assumed to use the
packet encoding. Unicode strings are automatically converted,
where necessary. 

import xmlrpclib

parameter = ( [1,2,3], {"1":2, "3":4} ) # a tuple
xml = xmlrpclib.dumps(parameter, 'some_method')
print xml


But for the love of your (future) girlfried/boyfriend just use the xmlrpclib interface. (Which does everything for you.)

PHP xmlrpc_encode_request

PHP original manual for xmlrpc_encode_request [ show | php.net ]

xmlrpc_encode_request

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

xmlrpc_encode_request — Generates XML for a method request

Description

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

method

Name of the method to call.

params

Method parameters compatible with method signature.

output_options

Array specifying output options may contain (default values are emphasised):

  • output_type: php, xml

  • verbosity: no_white_space, newlines_only, pretty

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

  • version: simple, xmlrpc, soap 1.1, auto

  • encoding: 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 (xmlrpc_is_fault($response)) {
    trigger_error("xmlrpc: $response[faultString] ($response[faultCode])");
} else {
    print_r($response);
}
?>

See Also

XML-RPC Functions
PHP Manual