xmlrpc_encode_request

Generates XML for a method request

&reftitle.description; `string` `xmlrpc_encode_request` `string` `method` `mixed` `params` `array` `output_options` &warn.experimental.func;
&reftitle.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

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns a string containing the XML representation of the request.

&reftitle.examples;

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

&reftitle.seealso;

- `stream_context_create`
- `file_get_contents`
- `xmlrpc_decode`