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<h1 class="refname">xmlrpc_decode</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">xmlrpc_decode</span> — <span class="dc-title">Decodes XML into native PHP types</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>xmlrpc_decode</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$xml</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$encoding</code><span class="initializer"> = "iso-8859-1"</span></span>
] )</div>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">xml</code></em></span>
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XML response returned by XMLRPC method.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">encoding</code></em></span>
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Input encoding supported by iconv.
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</dd>
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Returns either an array, or an integer, or a string, or a boolean according
to the response returned by the XMLRPC method.
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See example by <span class="function"><a href="function.xmlrpc-encode-request.html" class="function">xmlrpc_encode_request()</a></span>.
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.xmlrpc-encode-request.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">xmlrpc_encode_request()</a> - Generates XML for a method request</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.xmlrpc-is-fault.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">xmlrpc_is_fault()</a> - Determines if an array value represents an XMLRPC fault</span></li>
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