The question: Is there a way to view the XML that would be created with a PHP SoapClient function call BEFORE you actually send the request?
background:
I am new to WSDL communication, and I have a client who wants me to develop in PHP, a way to communicate with a WSDL service written in ASP.NET. I have gotten pretty far, but am running into an issue when it comes to passing a complex type. I have tried a couple of different things so far.
1) Setting up a single array such as $params->Person->name $params->Person->address
2) Setting up a single array $Person = array('name'=>"joe",'address' = "123");
then passing into the call as a param "Person" => $Person; and a few others. But every time I get the error
SoapException: Server was unable to process request ---> System.Exception: Person is Required. at service name.
In order to further the troubleshooting, I would like to see the XML document that is being sent to see if it is creating a complex type in the way I am expecting it to.
I am creating the service using $client = new SoapClient('wsdldoc.asmx?WSDL'); calling it with $client->CreateUser($params); and then trying to see it using the function $client->__getLastRequest(); but it never makes it to the __getLastRequest because it hits a fatal error when calling CreateUser($params).
The question again: Is there any way to view the XML created by the CreateUser($params) call WITHOUT actually sending it and causing a fatal error