addBulkPortalPermissions.php

<?php
include('softlayer-api-php-client/SoftLayer/SoapClient.class.php');

/*
 * Loop through all permissions and remove permission objects who's key
 * appears in the $permissionsToRemove array
 */
function unsetArray($allPermissions, $permissionsToRemove) {
    foreach($permissionsToRemove as $permissionToRemove) {
        foreach($allPermissions as $index => $permission){
            if($permission->key == $permissionToRemove) {
                print_r("Removing -> [" . $permission->key . "] " . $permission->name . "\n");
                unset($allPermissions[$index]);
            }
        }
    }
    return $allPermissions;
}

$apiUsername = '';
$apiKey = '';
$userId = ;

$userClient = SoftLayer_SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_User_Customer', $userId, $apiUsername, $apiKey);
$permissionClient = Softlayer_SoapClient::getClient('SoftLayer_User_Customer_CustomerPermission_Permission', null, $apiUsername, $apiKey);

// Get all possible portal permissions
$allPermissions = $permissionClient->getAllObjects();

// Define the permission keys to exclude
$permissionsToRemove = array("SO_4", "A_0", "A_2", "A_3", "A_4", "H_2", "H_6", "NAS_2", "PU_2", "SE_3", "A_12", "A_11","T_4", "T_5","SO_8", "AP_1", "AP_2", "AP_3", "A_14", "A_13", "A_15", "A_16", "GTW_1", "DA_1", "DA_2");

// Cull out the unwanted permissions
$culledPermissions = unsetArray($allPermissions, $permissionsToRemove);

try {
    /*
     * addBulkPortalPermission expects an array of objects, no conversion
     * is needed from the return value of getAllObjects()
     */
    $result = $userClient->addBulkPortalPermission($culledPermissions);
} catch ( Exception $e) {
    die( $e->getMessage() . "\n");
}