xml

[doug007]

Guys,

 

I have the below cURL loading an xml document that i like to post to another server, so to test this i actually posting it to a test page on my server.  the problem is when i try to see what was posted using print_r i only see the root element <book>

 

XML:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<library> 
<book isbn="0345342968"> 
<title>Fahrenheit 451</title>
<title>Fahrenheit 55</title>
<author>R. Bradbury</author> 
<publisher>Del Rey</publisher>
<date>
<day>12</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
</date>
</book> 
</library> 

 

cURL (PHP)

 $library = simplexml_load_file('library.xml', null, true);
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://localhost/practice/orange/test.php');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 4);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $library);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Connection: close'));
   
    /**
     * Execute the request and also time the transaction
     */
    $start = array_sum(explode(' ', microtime()));
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    $stop = array_sum(explode(' ', microtime()));
    $totalTime = $stop - $start;
   
    /**
     * Check for errors
     */
     if ( curl_errno($ch) ) {
        $result = 'cURL ERROR -> ' . curl_errno($ch) . ': ' . curl_error($ch);
    } else {
        $returnCode = (int)curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        switch($returnCode){
            case 200:
                break;
            default:
                $result = 'HTTP ERROR -> ' . $returnCode;
                break;
        }
    }
   
    /**
     * Close the handle
     */
    curl_close($ch);
   
    /**
     * Output the results and time
     */
    echo 'Total time for request: ' . $totalTime . "\n";
    echo $result;   
   
    /**
     * Exit the script
     */
    exit(0);

[okamosy]

What happens when you use var_dump($library) instead of print_r?