# xmlrpc_encode_request

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

xmlrpc_encode_request — Generates XML for a method request

### Description

string xmlrpc_encode_request ( string `$method` , mixed `$params` [, array `$output_options` ] )
Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

### 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

### Return Values

Returns a string containing the XML representation of the request.

### Examples

Example#1 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 (xmlrpc_is_fault($response)) {
trigger_error("xmlrpc: $response[faultString] ($response[faultCode])");
} else {
print_r($response);
}
?>`

### See Also

- stream_context_create()
- file_get_contents()
- xmlrpc_decode()