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    SoapClient::__getLastRequest

    (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    SoapClient::__getLastRequest — Returns last SOAP request

    Description

    public SoapClient::__getLastRequest(): ?string

    Returns the XML sent in the last SOAP request.

    Note:

    This method works only if the SoapClient object was created with the trace option set to true.

    Parameters

    This function has no parameters.

    Return Values

    The last SOAP request, as an XML string.

    Examples

    Example #1 SoapClient::__getLastRequest() example

    <?php
    $client     = new SoapClient("some.wsdl", array('trace' => 1));
    $result = $client->SomeFunction();
    echo     "REQUEST:\n" . $client->__getLastRequest() . "\n";
    ?>

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    User Contributed Notes 6 notes

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    Anonymous
    14 years ago
    Adding htmlentities() can be helpful since it makes the XML visible in your browser without needing to view the source.

    <?php

    echo "REQUEST:\n" . htmlentities($client->__getLastRequest()) . "\n";

    ?>
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    hejdavladislav at gmail dot com
    8 years ago
    Note that when you create SoapClient with option "trace" set to FALSE or omit it, than "__getLastRequest()" always returns NULL.
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    Ersin DOGAN
    15 years ago
    I guess many peoples calls getLastRequest and it returns nothing. "Heey where is the my last request". Now we will see our request,  when you created a SoapClient instance, you should give a option parameter as below :

    <?php
    // below $option=array('trace',1);
    // correct one is below
    $option=array('trace'=>1);

    $client=new SoapClient('some.wsdl',$option);

    try{
          $client->aMethodAtRemote();
    }catch(    SoapFault $fault){
          // <xmp> tag displays xml output in html
          echo 'Request : <br/><xmp>',
          $client->__getLastRequest(),
          '</xmp><br/><br/> Error Message : <br/>',
          $fault->getMessage();
    }
    ?>

    "trace" parameter enables output of request. Now, you should see SOAP request.
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    LZhang
    10 years ago
    Creating an xml file and link to the file is my way.

    $outputxml = '/output.xml';

    file_put_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $outputxml, $client->__getLastRequest());

    echo '<a href="' . $outputxml . '">here</a>';
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    mayurvirkar at gmail dot com
    11 years ago
    Just to make it a bit more readable

    echo "REQUEST:\n" . htmlentities(str_ireplace('><', ">\n<", $client->__getLastRequest())) . "\n";
    echo "Response:\n" . htmlentities(str_ireplace('><', ">\n<", $client->__getLastResponse())) . "\n";

    PS: If you are using \n then you need to enclose above statements in <pre>. You can also use <br />, but it gets a bit messy.
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    Omar Nabil
    15 years ago
    the getLastResult function doesn't require that the server answers.
    as my browser handled and hided the xml code I thought the function doesn't return the last request
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