# SolrClient::request

(PECL solr >= 0.9.2)

SolrClient::request — Sends a raw update request

### Description

public SolrClient::request ( string `$raw_request` ) : SolrUpdateResponse

Sends a raw XML update request to the server

### Parameters

`raw_request`

  An XML string with the raw request to the server.

### Return Values

Returns a SolrUpdateResponse on success. Throws an exception on failure.

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws SolrIllegalArgumentException if `raw_request` was an empty string

Throws SolrClientException if the client had failed, or there was a connection issue.

Throws SolrServerException if the Solr Server had failed to satisfy the query.

### Examples

Example #1 SolrClient::request() example

`<?php
$options = array
(
'hostname' => SOLR_SERVER_HOSTNAME,
'login' => SOLR_SERVER_USERNAME,
'password' => SOLR_SERVER_PASSWORD,
'port' => SOLR_SERVER_PORT,
);
$client = new SolrClient($options);
$update_response = $client->request("<commit/>");
$response = $update_response->getResponse();
print_r($response);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    ...