CreateFlexImageServer.php

<?php
/**
 * Create an flex image from a Server
 *
 * Important manual pages:
 * http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Container_Disk_Image_Capture_Template
 * http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Hardware_Server/captureImage
 * http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Hardware_Server
 * 
 * License <http://sldn.softlayer.com/wiki/index.php/license>
 * Author SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
*/

require_once ('Softlayer/SoapClient.class.php');

# Your SoftLayer API username and key.
$username = 'set me';
$key = 'set me';

# The virtual guest Id of the machine you wish to create the image template
$hardwareServerId = 7438972;

# Creating an SoftLayer_Container_Disk_Image_Capture_Template Skeleton
# wich contains the information for our flex image
$captureTemplate = new stdClass();
    $captureTemplate->description = "test";
    $captureTemplate->name = "reloadFlexImage";
    $captureTemplate->summary = "test summary";

$captureTemplate = new SoapVar
    (
        $captureTemplate,
        SOAP_ENC_OBJECT,
        'SoftLayer_Container_Disk_Image_Capture_Template',
        'http://api.service.softlayer.com/soap/v3/'
    );

# Creating a SoftLayer API client object
$hardwareServerService = SoftLayer_SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_Hardware_Server', null, $username, $key);

# Setting the init parameter
$hardwareServerService->setInitParameter($hardwareServerId);

# Creating the standard image template from the desiere CCI
$result = $hardwareServerService->createArchiveTransaction($captureTemplate);
print_r($result);

?>