NuSoap to .Net Complex Types

BruceVanSittert · September 26th, 2009, 04:14 AM

Howdy,

I'm using NuSoap to call a php service.
Then I'm using .Net to consume the NuSoap wrapper.

I'm new to php.
I can return a string no problem, on my NuSoap registration I simply specify:
$server->register('Authenticate',
array('userName' => 'xsd:string', 'password' => 'xsd:string'),
array('return' => 'xsd:string'));

however I will need to return more than 1 value, so I will need to return a complex type, lets say an object with a string for Debtor code and a string for Session ID. Simple to do in .Net, and I assume simple in PHP too, however I'm clueless.

I'd imagine one option is to build up an xml string and return that, but it sounds like a hell of a lot of work for something so easy.

Please could somebody give me some advice or an example of returning a complex type consumable by .Net from a PHP - NuSoap Web Service?

Thanx,

BruceVanSittert · September 26th, 2009, 10:28 AM

The bits of code I was missing:

Setup Response Complex type in the wsdl

Code:

$server->wsdl->addComplexType('AuthResponseType',
	'complexType',
	'struct',
	'all',
	'',
	array(
		'DebtorCode' => array('name' => 'DebtorCode',
					'type' => 'xsd:string'),
		'SessionCode' => array('name' => 'SessionCode',
					'type' => 'xsd:string')
		)
	);

Register the function with the server

Code:

$server->register('Authenticate',
	array('userName' => 'xsd:string', 
		'password' => 'xsd:string'),
	array('return' => 'tns:AuthResponseType'),
	'MyApiWrapper',
	'MyApiWrapper#Authenticate',
	'rpc',
	'encoded',
	'Authenticates the login credentials and returns the debtor code and session id of the authenticated session');

The actual function, see the return array...

Code:

function Authenticate($userName, $password){
	$client = new SoapClient(null, array('location' => "http://blah.com/api.php", 'uri' => "http://blah.com/"));
	$AuthResponse = $client->authenticate($userName, $password);
	
	return array(
			'DebtorCode' => $AuthResponse->debtorCode,
			'SessionCode' => $AuthResponse->session);
}

Still seems like a lot of code, but it works. I got my response in .Net and all was well.