Re: [SOAP] [pear::soap - wsdl] Dispatch map for returning arrays (newbie)

At 20:03 07/09/2003, Luis Ferrao wrote:

Hi, This is a very simple question. Let's say i want to creat a function (say testDB) that returns arrays (i.e. 0 => zero, 1 => one, 2 => two, etc...) of unkown variable size. What should my dispatch map look like ? PHP:____________________________________________________ $this->__dispatch_map['testDB'] = array('in' => array('inputStringSimple' => 'string'),

        'out' => array(' ???? => ???? '),
       );

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Although there may be a less convoluted way, you could define a type which represents arrays of strings (or whatever your output elements are), and refer to this type in your dispatch map: define('MY_NS', '{http://foo.bar}'); $this->__typedef[MY_NS.'ArrayOfString'] = array(array('item' => 'string')); $this->__dispatch_map['testDB'] =

    array('in' => array('inputStringSimple' => 'string'),
          'out' => array('databaseOutput' => MY_NS.'ArrayOfString'));

Since you have to specify a type name in the dispatch_map in/out values, and no 'array of string' type exists by default, you have to define one.

ps: if someone can at least point me to some dispatch map examples it would be great.

If you need a specific example, just ask :-) Hope that helps. Best, Chris.