PHP XML RPC Function Encode

PHP Version: (PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

Description

This function generates XML string for a PHP value.

Usage:

string xmlrpc_encode ( mixed value)

This function generates xml string for any PHP value. The main objective of this function is to encode the php value into xml string so that it can be used for XML-RPC call.

Example:

In the example, I have created a data type and encoded it into xml string and printed the xml string.

PHP Code:

<?php

//create a date type value

$date = date("l dS of F Y h:i:s A");

//encode the php value

$encodevalue = xmlrpc_encode($date);

//echo out the encoded type

echo $encodevalue;

?>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<params>

<param>

<value>

<string>Saturday 15th of January 2005 10:32:40 PM</string>

</value>

</param>

</params>