PHP: REST XML Query

// The XML can be loaded in a String, or a file. (Sample XML below)
// If the XML is in a file you must include the XML header tag, otherwise you can exclude it.

$handle = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array(
	$handle,
	array(
		CURLOPT_URL             => 'http://location',
		CURLOPT_POST            => true,

		// On POST_FIELDS you may need a string before hand, eg: 'serviceRequest=' .
		CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS      => $xml,
		CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER  => true,

		// If Authentication is required
		CURLOPT_USERPWD         => sprintf('%s:%s', 'user', 'pass'),
		CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH        => CURLAUTH_BASIC | CURLAUTH_ANY,
		CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER  => false,
	)
);

$response = curl_exec($handle);
curl_close($handle);
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($response);

// Print the Array to see the result..
echo '<pre>';
print_r($xml);
echo '</pre>';

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<requestEnvelope>
	<requestHeader>
		<controlData>
			<userID>user</userID>
			<password>pass</password>
		</controlData>
		<processData>
			<operationName>quickSearch</operationName>
		</processData>
	</requestHeader>
	<searchRequest>
		<startDate>10/25/2011</startDate>
		<endDate>12/25/2013</endDate>
		<regionCode>USA</regionCode>
	</searchRequest>
</requestEnvelope>