Help with Code PHP and XML

[barne77]

Hi I have the code below but it doesn't work

This is a .PHP page and I am trying to log a request in ManageEngine

Please Help Urgent

I just get Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'String could not be parsed as XML' in D:\TAF System\Live\ME.php:40 Stack trace: #0 D:\TAF System\Live\ME.php(40): SimpleXMLElement->__construct('') #1 {main} thrown in D:\TAF System\Live\ME.php on line 40

 

 

<?php
$operation_name = 'ADD_REQUEST';
$technician_key = '9E42EE6D-94A5-4B2E-B96D-DF01BBC1A6EB';
$requester_name = 'Phil Barnett';
$subject = 'TEST JOB';
$description = 'Description';
$callbackURL = 'http://localhost:8080/CustomReportHandler.do';
$requesttemplate = 'Unable to Browse';
$priority = 'High';
$site = 'New York';
$group = 'Network';
$technician = 'Phil Barnett';
$level = 'Tier 1';
$status = 'Open';
$service = 'Email';
//Url to Send the Http request to Add the New Record into the Manage Engine Service Desk Plus

//Xml String (Record Field Values)

$data = '<xml><Operation><Details><requester>'.$requester_name.'</requester><subject>'.$subject.'</subject><description>'.$description.'</description><callbackURL>'.$callbackURL.'</callbackURL><requesttemplate>'.$requesttemplate.'</requesttemplate><priority>'.$priority.'</priority><site>'.$site.'</site><group>'.$group.'</group><technician>'.$technician.'</technician><level>'.$level.'</level><status>'.$status.'</status><service>'.$service.'</service></Details></Operation></xml>';

$url = 'http://localhost:8080/sdpapi/request/?OPERATION_NAME='.$operation_name.'&TECHNICIAN_KEY='.$technician_key.'&INPUT_DATA=';

//this line is used to update the existing record of Manage Engine

//$data1='<xml><Operation><Details><level>Tier 2</level><status>On Hold</status><service>Email</service></Details></Operation></xml>';

$path = implode('/', array_map('rawurlencode', explode('/', $data)));
$url2 = $url.$path;

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url2);
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: text/xml'));
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$result = curl_exec($ch);

print_r($url2);

$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($result);

 

?>

[requinix]

Are you sure you're calling the API correctly? XML data in the URL during a POST request is highly unusual.

 

Regardless, output $result and see what the service actually returned.

[barne77]

print_r($result); give me nothing as an output.

 

It is for a system called Manage Engine Service Desk,

 

I used a http-request previously and that worked fine

 

Barne77

[Jacques1]

"Nothing" doesn't exist in programming. Is the return value false? An empty string? Something else?

 

Use var_dump($result) instead of this print_r() stuff.

 

In any case, your request is very, very weird. You're taking the slashes of the closing XML tags as path delimiters. On what planet does this make sense?

[barne77]

bool(false)​

[barne77]

i pulled the script from another site, basically i need to do a REST POST for the API

 

This includes the http which is $url = 'http://localhost:8080/sdpapi/request/?OPERATION_NAME='.$operation_name.'&TECHNICIAN_KEY='.$technician_key.'&INPUT_DATA=';

 

and then the xml code for the input data

 

Barne77

[Jacques1]

bool(false)​

 

Then the request has failed entirely. curl_error() tells you the actual error message.

[barne77]

DOH

 

What is the best way to do a REST POST using PHP, i am really struggling,

[barne77]

i am really new to this and only have the following url to help https://www.manageengine.com/products/service-desk/help/adminguide/api/request-operations.html#add

[Jacques1]

I've just told you how to get the exact error message. Now you have to do that.

 

The API manual you've linked to clearly says that the XML data is expected as a parameter in the request body (they call it "POST attribute"). Not in the URL. There are plenty of examples explaining exactly how to build a POST request, so I'm sure you can figure it out.