Error when parsing the webservice response in PHP

Question

I am at the learning stage of PHP. I have tried to invoke a sample webservice from a single PHP script. I started with StockQuote service. Below is the script I have written.

<?php
   echo "Stock Quote service check";
   require_once 'nusoap.php';
   $wsdl="http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?wsdl";
   $client=new SoapClient($wsdl);

   $param=array('symbol'=>'GOOG');  
   $response = $client->__soapCall('GetQuote', array($params));
   $quotes = simplexml_load_string($response->GetQuoteResult);

   echo $quotes;
   //->Stock[0];

   ?>

Below is the warning i got:

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\nusoap.php on line 7384

Warning: Creating default object from empty value in C:\wamp\www\nusoap.php on line 75

Notice: Undefined variable: params in C:\wamp\www\URLExample.php on line 8

Warning: simplexml_load_string(): Entity: line 1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in C:\wamp\www\URLExample.php on line 9

Warning: simplexml_load_string(): exception in C:\wamp\www\URLExample.php on line 9

Warning: simplexml_load_string(): ^ in C:\wamp\www\URLExample.php on line 9

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in C:\wamp\www\URLExample.php on line 11

When I am invoking the function manually I got the below output. enter image description here

Please help to parse the response XML to get the < Stock> value. I found similar type of questions (Question No: #22060990) but nothing helps to my situation.

possible duplicate of [PHP: "Notice: Undefined variable" and "Notice: Undefined index"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4261133/php-notice-undefined-variable-and-notice-undefined-index) — Jonast92, Feb 03 '15 at 12:55
@Jonast92- The question clearly mentioned that none of the other post are not exactly matching this situation. — Nivetha T, Feb 03 '15 at 13:03
that doesn't mean you're right -- this is indeed a pure duplicate, if you'd care to read the duplicate answer. Glad you got your stuff solved tho. — Jonast92, Feb 03 '15 at 13:07
@Jonast92 - Its not about i want to get into a duplicate question. But i want the answer because i already gone through the other questions and nothing brings me the answer. Thanks for your response. :) — Nivetha T, Feb 03 '15 at 13:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '15 at 12:52

You have an error in your code, "$param" should be "$params",

Also, echo $quotes wont work because $quotes is a SimpleXML object, so you need to access it as an object($quotes->Stock->Last for example)

<?php
echo "Stock Quote service check";
require_once 'nusoap.php';
$wsdl="http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?wsdl";
$client=new SoapClient($wsdl);
$params=array('symbol'=>'GOOG');  
$response = $client->__soapCall('GetQuote', array($params));
$quotes = simplexml_load_string($response->GetQuoteResult);
echo $quotes->Stock->Last;
?>

You can get following data from $quotes->Stock object:

["Symbol"]=>
string(4) "GOOG"
["Last"]=>
string(6) "528.48"
["Date"]=>
string(8) "2/2/2015"
["Time"]=>
string(6) "4:00pm"
["Change"]=>
string(5) "-6.04"
["Open"]=>
string(6) "531.44"
["High"]=>
string(6) "533.00"
["Low"]=>
string(6) "518.55"
["Volume"]=>
string(7) "2842249"
["MktCap"]=>
string(6) "359.5B"
["PreviousClose"]=>
string(6) "534.52"
["PercentageChange"]=>
string(6) "-1.13%"
["AnnRange"]=>
string(15) "487.56 - 604.83"
["Earns"]=>
string(6) "21.021"
["P-E"]=>
string(5) "25.43"
["Name"]=>
string(11) "Google Inc."

Error when parsing the webservice response in PHP

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