Update DNS Zone

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<?php
require_once('SoftLayer/SoapClient.class.php');

function updateDns() {
    $apiUsername = 'USER HERE';
    $apiKey = 'KEY HERE';

    $domainId = 'DOMAIN ID HERE';
    $dnsClient = SoftLayer_SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Dns_Domain', $domainId, $apiUsername, $apiKey);
    $recordClient = SoftLayer_SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Dns_Domain_ResourceRecord', null , $apiUsername, $apiKey);

    // Get the zone's records
    $existingRecords = $dnsClient->getResourceRecords();

    // Loop through each record, store everything but ns and soa
    foreach ($existingRecords as $record) {
        // skip ns and soa records
        if ($record->type == 'ns' || $record->type == 'soa') {
            continue;
        }
        $recordsForDeletion[] = $record;
    }

    // Delete all records except for soa and ns
    $recordClient->deleteObjects($recordsForDeletion);

    // Parse zone file into an array of std objects
    $newRecords = array();
    $specificRecord =  array (
        'id' => NULL,
        'data' => '127.0.2.1',
        'domainId' => $domainId,
        'host' => 'test5',
        'ttl' => 900,
        'type' => 'a'
    );
    $newRecords[] = (object)$specificRecord;
    $recordClient->createObjects($newRecords);
}

try {
    updateDns();
} catch ( Exception $e) {
        die($e->getMessage() . "\n");
}