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So we want to turn this result:
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => My first note
    [2] => note body. bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla.
    [3] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
    [4] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
) into something with field names like this:
Array
(
    [id] => 1
    [title] => My first note
    [body] => note body. bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla.
    [created] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
    [modified] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
)
Enter VOs(value objects). Also known as structures(struc). A VO is nothing more than a simple object to hold the data. My vo for the Note class would look like this:
<?php
class Note_vo extends DataClass
{
    /** @var int **/
    public $id = 0;

    /** @var string **/
    public $title = '';

    /** @var string **/
    public $body = '';

    /** @var string  **/
    public $created = '';

    /** @var string **/
    public $modified = '';
}
?> Notice that each variable has a documented type. This is necessary for the automatic wsdl generation. Don't worry, you don't have to manually create a vo for each of your models; I have extended the bake script to create VOs.

So, let's update our NotesController and view the results.
<?php
    /**
    * Get one record
    * @param int
    * @return Note_vo
    */
    function view($id) {
        $note = $this->Note->read(null, $id);
        $this->set('note', $note);
        $note_vo = new Note_vo($note['Note']);
        return $note_vo;
    }
?> All I did was add one line $note_vo = new Note_vo($note['Note']); and then update the return type: @return Note_vo

Now let's view the client results:
<?php
stdClass Object
(
    [body] => note body. bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla.
    [created] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
    [id] => 1
    [modified] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
    [title] => My first note
)
?> This is a pretty simple example so I should explain that your VO can contain other complex types (VOs), so you can exactly duplicate the structure of your model.

Now let's add the VO concept to the client code:
Client code:
<?php
require('GenericDOM.php');
require('DataClass.php');
include('note.php');

$client = new SoapClient("http://ftc/soap5/wsdl/NotesController/", array('classmap' => array('Note_vo' => "Note_vo")) );
echo "<pre>";
echo "\n\n";
print_r( $client->view(1) );
echo "</pre>";
?>

Now client result is returned as a Note_vo object:

Note_vo Object
(
    [id] => 1
    [title] => My first note
    [body] => note body. bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla.
    [created] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
    [modified] => 2006-10-29 07:23:42
)