Re: Interoperability - PEAR::SOAP server, MS Soap toolkit 3 client

Hi Richard, Have you found out solution? I am facing the same problem as you had before. Thank you. "Richard Green" <r1chardgreen@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:20030813135501.10818.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Attempting to set up PEAR::SOAP server to be accessed using Microsoft Soap > Toolkit 3 extensions - I'm testing by writing VBScript in ASP pages... > > Using the example server for the PEAR::SOAP (I have not included code > framents from these, let me know if they are needed, I assume if you know > PHP::SOAP you have access to these), I am able to access the server using > the example PHP client, but, in some cases, have had problems when using > the MSSOAP toolkit client. > > For instance, for the 'divide' method of the example PHP server works when , > when accessed by the PHP client, but with the MSSOAP client, complains it > exected type 'int' for the input parameters, rather than type 'string'. For > the examples where the expected type is string, it is possible to > exchange data without problems. > > Within the SOAP_Example_Server class definition, the input parameters are > indeed set as 'int' for the 'divide' function. > > A quick comparison of the XML message send by the PHP client and MSSOAP > client showed that the PHP client did indeed specify the type, whereas the > MSSOAPclient did not. > > While it seems to be possible to use the lower level API in MSSOAP to > consruct the message manually, that is not desirable as it removes me from > the simplicty that is what writing a SOAP client is supposed to be about. > I'm a systems administrator, so the simpler the better ;) > > Is there a way, at the server end, that it is possible to force the > interpretation on a message part to be a particular type, as from my > experience above, it seems the server is assuming the type to be a string > unless it is expicitly set by the client? > > PHP client code fragment > ------------------------ > > $ret = $soapclient->call("divide", > $params = > array("dividend"=>22,"divisor"=>7), > $options); > > > > PHP client SOAP request message fragment > ---------------------------------------- > > SOAPAction: "urn:SOAP_Example_Server#soap_example_server#divide" > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <SOAP-ENV:Envelope > > xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" > xmlns:ns4="urn:SOAP_Example_Server" > > SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> > <SOAP-ENV:Body> > > <ns4:divide> > <dividend xsi:type="xsd:int">22</dividend> > <divisor xsi:type="xsd:int">7</divisor></ns4:divide> > </SOAP-ENV:Body> > </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> > > > MSSOAP toolkit 3 request message fragment > ----------------------------------------- > > SOAPAction: "urn:SOAP_Example_Server#soap_example_server#divide" > Content-Type: text/xml; charset="UTF-8" > User-Agent: SOAP Toolkit 3.0 > Host: mailer.swishzone.com > Content-Length: 537 > Connection: Keep-Alive > Cache-Control: no-cache > Pragma: no-cache > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" > standalone="no"?><SOAP-ENV:Envelope > xmlns:SOAPSDK1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" > > xmlns:SOAPSDK2="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > xmlns:SOAPSDK3="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" > > xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> > <SOAP-ENV:Body > SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="uÈ®äÇkãa©´ïãñV > ëhttp://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> > <SOAPSDK4:divide xmlns:SOAPSDK4="urn:SOAP_Example_Server"> > <dividend>22</dividend> > <divisor>7</divisor> > </SOAPSDK4:divide> > </SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope> > > MSSOAP toolkit 3 response message fragment > ------------------------------------------ > > <SOAP-ENV:Body> > > <SOAP-ENV:Fault> > <faultcode xsi:type="xsd:QName">SOAP-ENV:Client</faultcode> > <faultstring xsi:type="xsd:string">soap request contained mismatching > parameters of name dividend had type [string], which did not match > signature's type: [int], matched? -10</faultstring> > <faultactor xsi:type="xsd:anyURI"></faultactor> > <detail xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array" SOAP-ENC:arrayType="Struct[6]" > SOAP-ENC:offset="[0]"> > <item> > <file xsi:type="xsd:string">/usr/local/lib/php/SOAP/Fault.php</file> > <line xsi:type="xsd:int">49</line> > <function xsi:type="xsd:string">pear_error</function> > <class xsi:type="xsd:string">pear_error</class> > <type xsi:type="xsd:string">::</type> > <args xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array" SOAP-ENC:arrayType="xsd:anyType[5]" > SOAP-ENC:offset="[0]"> > <item xsi:type="xsd:string">soap request contained mismatching parameters of > name dividend had type [string], which did not match signature's type: > [int], matched? -10</item> > <item xsi:type="xsd:string">Client</item> > . > . > . > etc