editServerInformation.php

<?php
/**
 * Edit a server's basic information
 *
 * Change the notes property for a single server record to the sentence "This
 * is my fastest server!" using the editObject() method in the
 * SoftLayer_Hardware_Server API service. See below for more details.
 *
 * This assumes the SoftLayer API PHP client
 * <http://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-api-php-client> is installed in the
 * directory '/SoftLayer' in this script's path and that you wish to use the
 * SOAP client instead of our XML-RPC client.
 *
 * @see http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Hardware_Server/editObject
 * @license <http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License>
 * @author SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
 */

// Include XmlrpcClient.class.php if you'd like to use our XML-RPC client
// instead.
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/SoftLayer/SoapClient.class.php');

/**
 * Your SoftLayer API username and key.
 *
 * Generate an API key at the SoftLayer Customer Portal:
 * https://manage.softlayer.com/Administrative/apiKeychain
 */
$apiUsername = 'set me!';
$apiKey = 'set me too!';

/**
 * The id of the server we wish to edit.
 *
 * Call the getHardware() method from the SoftLayer_Hardware API service to get
 * a list of hardware on your account, including id numbers.
 *
 * @var int
 */
$serverId = 1234;

/**
 * Define the new local properties to set.
 *
 * A SoftLayer_Hardware_Server record has a few local properties that you can
 * change via the API. Every service's editObject() method takes a single                                                                                                                                              
 * parameter, a skeleton object that only defines the properties we wish to
 * change. While we're only editing a server's notes in this example you can
 * also use editObject() to edit the server's hostname and domain record.
 *
 * PHP's built-in stdClass type is best for modeling your edit template.
 *
 * @var stdClass
 */
$editTemplate = new StdClass();
$editTemplate->notes = 'This is my fastest server!';
//$editTemplate->hostname = 'test';
//$editTemplate->domain = 'example.org';

// Make a connection to the SoftLayer_Hardware_Server service.
$client = Softlayer_SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Hardware_Server', $serverId, $apiUsername, $apiKey);

try {
    // Edit our server record.
    $result = $client->editObject($editTemplate);
    echo 'Server edited!';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    die('Unable to edit hardware record: ' . $e->getMessage());
}