Web Service to return Object or Array or Hash from Server to Client

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- Info:

  - This example shows how to use Web Service to return Object or Array or Hash from Server to Client.

  - In order for this to work we had to omit type of response message: <part name="infoReturn"></part>

  - This approach is not appropriate since WSDL doesn't define class structure so Client can't get that info from WSDL.

    This is fixed in tutorial PHP � SOAP Extension � Examples � Return Object � Define structure in WSDL.

- Procedure:

  - Create cllient11.php, server11.php and server11.wsdl in directory accessable from web.

    client11.php

    <?php

   

    //DISABLE WSDL CACHE.

    ini_set("soap.wsdl_cache_enabled", "0");

   

    //CREATE SOAP CLIENT FROM WSDL.

    $client = new SoapClient("http://app.lab.aduro.hr/~givor/SelfcareWS/src/server11.wsdl");

   

    //CALL SOAP METHOD.

    $test = $client->test();

   

    //DISPLAY RESPONSE.

    var_dump($test);

    echo($test->name." ".$test->surName);         //Return object data.

    //echo($test[0]." ".$test[1]);                //Return array  data.

    //echo($test["name"]." ".$test["surName"]);   //Return hash   data.

   

    ?>

   

    server11.php

    <?php

   

    //CLASS WTH WEB SERVICE METHODS.

    class WebService {

   

      function test() {

      

        //OBJECT.

        $obj = new stdClass();

        $obj -> name    = "John";

        $obj -> surName = "Malkovic";

      

        //ARRAY.

        $arr = array("John", "Malkovic");

      

        //HASH.

        $hsh = array("name"=>"John", "surName"=>"Malkovic");

      

        //RETURN.

        return $obj;      //Return object.

        //return $arr;    //Retun array.

        //return $hsh;    //Retun hash

      

     

      

    }

   

        //DISABLE WSDL CACHE.

    ini_set("soap.wsdl_cache_enabled", "0");

   

    //CREATE SOAP SERVER.

    ini_set("soap.wsdl_cache_enabled", "0"); // disabling WSDL cache

    $server = new SoapServer("http://app.lab.aduro.hr/~givor/SelfcareWS/src/server11.wsdl");

    $server->setClass("WebService");

    $server->handle();

   

    ?>

    server11.wsdl

    <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

    <!-- WSDL file generated by PHP WSDLCreator (http://www.protung.ro) -->

    <definitions name="WSDLExample1" targetNamespace="urn:WSDLExample1"

      xmlns:typens="urn:WSDLExample1" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

      xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"     xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"

      xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">

   

      <message name="infoResponse">

        <part name="infoReturn"></part>

      </message>

      

      <portType name="SelfcareWS1PortType">

        <operation name="test">

          <documentation>Adds two numbers.</documentation>

          <output message="typens:infoResponse"></output>

        </operation>

      </portType>

      

      <binding name="SelfcareWS1Binding" type="typens:SelfcareWS1PortType">

        <soap:binding style="rpc"

          transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"></soap:binding>

        <operation name="test">

          <soap:operation soapAction="urn:SelfcareWS1Action"></soap:operation>

          <input>

            <soap:body namespace="urn:WSDLExample1" use="encoded"

              encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"></soap:body>

          </input>

          <output>

            <soap:body namespace="urn:WSDLExample1" use="encoded"

              encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"></soap:body>

          </output>

        </operation>

      </binding>

      

      <service name="WSDLExample1Service">

        <port name="SelfcareWS1Port" binding="typens:SelfcareWS1Binding">

          <soap:address     location="http://app.lab.aduro.hr/~givor/SelfcareWS/src/server10.php"></soap:address>

        </port>

      </service>

      

    </definitions>

    output (For Object)

    object(stdClass)#2 (2) {

     嚤"name"]=>

     澵tring(4) "John"

     嚤"surName"]=>

     澵tring(8) "Malkovic"

    }

    John Malkovic

   

    output (For Array)

    array(2) {

     嚤0]=>

     澵tring(4) "John"

     嚤1]=>

     澵tring(8) "Malkovic"

    }

   

    output (For Hash)

    array(2) {

     嚤"name"]=>

     澵tring(4) "John"

     嚤"surName"]=>

     澵tring(8) "Malkovic"

    }