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XML and JSON are both transport mechanisms, but they use different data formats. &nbsp;Usually the best way to get XML data strings into a usable form is to use SimpleXML. &nbsp;It's documented in the online PHP manual. &nbsp; I'll try to give you an example.
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XML and JSON are both transport mechanisms, but they use different data formats.  Usually the best way to get XML data strings into a usable form is to use SimpleXML.  It's documented in the online PHP manual.   I'll try to give you an example.

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I am getting the following SOAP output from a returned CURL message. I am looking to get the below returned variables and put them into an array or some form of usable data. Where I get the name etc... in a usable format. <br />
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Using PHP what is the best way? I have looked to use json but can't get it to work. <br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28637690-1">&lt;?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?&gt;&lt;soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=&quot;http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/&quot;&gt;&lt;soapenv:Body&gt;&lt;ns:getUserResponse xmlns:ns=&quot;http://www.cisco.com/AXL/API/10.5&quot;&gt;&lt;return&gt;&lt;user uuid=&quot;{3E0D6C9A-60AD-CFEB-9FF9-D74AB9B5A5C2}&quot;&gt;&lt;firstName&gt;Mark&lt;/firstName&gt;&lt;middleName/&gt;&lt;lastName&gt;Test&lt;/lastName&gt;&lt;userid&gt;mtest&lt;/userid&gt;&lt;mailid/&gt;&lt;department&gt;IT&lt;/department&gt;&lt;manager/&gt;&lt;userLocale /&gt;&lt;/user&gt;&lt;/return&gt;&lt;/ns:getUserResponse&gt;&lt;/soapenv:Body&gt;&lt;/soapenv:Envelope&gt;</code></pre>
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Hi,

I am getting the following SOAP output from a returned CURL message. I am looking to get the below returned variables and put them into an array or some form of usable data. Where I get the name etc... in a usable format. 

Using PHP what is the best way? I have looked to use json but can't get it to work. 

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PHP CURL SOAP XML to Array

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