CXII. XML-RPC functions
Introduction
These functions can be used to write XML-RPC servers and clients. You can find more information about XML-RPC at http://www.xmlrpc.com/, and more documentation on this extension and it's functions at http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net/.
| Warning |
This extension is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this extension -- including the names of its functions and anything else documented about this extension -- may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this extension at your own risk. |
Installation
XML-RPC support in PHP is not enabled by default. You will need to use the --with-xmlrpc[=DIR] configuration option when compiling PHP to enable XML-RPC support. This extension is bundled into PHP as of 4.1.0.
Runtime Configuration
The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in php.ini.
Table 1. XML-RPC configuration options
| Name | Default | Changeable |
|---|---|---|
| xmlrpc_errors | "0" | PHP_INI_SYSTEM |
| xmlrpc_error_number | "0" | PHP_INI_ALL |
- Table of Contents
- xmlrpc_decode_request -- Decodes XML into native PHP types
- xmlrpc_decode -- Decodes XML into native PHP types
- xmlrpc_encode_request -- Generates XML for a method request
- xmlrpc_encode -- Generates XML for a PHP value
- xmlrpc_get_type -- Gets xmlrpc type for a PHP value. Especially useful for base64 and datetime strings
- xmlrpc_parse_method_descriptions -- Decodes XML into a list of method descriptions
- xmlrpc_server_add_introspection_data -- Adds introspection documentation
- xmlrpc_server_call_method -- Parses XML requests and call methods
- xmlrpc_server_create -- Creates an xmlrpc server
- xmlrpc_server_destroy -- Destroys server resources
- xmlrpc_server_register_introspection_callback -- Register a PHP function to generate documentation
- xmlrpc_server_register_method -- Register a PHP function to resource method matching method_name
- xmlrpc_set_type -- Sets xmlrpc type, base64 or datetime, for a PHP string value