Re: [SOAP] Re: Passing objects to soap server, complexType, classmap

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:52:08 +1200, Morgan Pyne wrote: > Thx. The online documentation isn't terribly clear on all this and says > several of the functions/objects (SoapVar, SoapParam) are for non-WSDL > mode only, so I hadn't tried this. However, I just tried your suggestion > but unfortunately I'm still not getting the correct object type on the > server. > I agree, the documentation could need some brush-up. > Your example below seems to be geared towards returning an object from the > server rather than passing one to it, so here is what I tried: > Actually it is for both server and client. Read more later. > - On the client, changed the method call to pass a SoapParam instead of > directly passing my object i.e. > > $client = new > SoapClient('http://myurl.com/wsdl' ); > > $a = new someObj(); > $b = new SoapParam($a, 'name_of_comlexType_from_WSDL'); > > $client->myRemoteMethod( $b ); > > > On the server, the 'myRemoteMethod()' is simply displaying the object type > that it is passed. It is receiving the object as a 'StdClass', instead of > a 'someObj' > > Is this the corrrect approach? Do I need to do anything additionally on > the server side? > This is perfectly normal due to the fact that PHP is not a statical typed language. Had you tried implementing the client in C++ or C# the server would have serialized the SoapParam to a native C++ or C# class. In PHP you have to do this yourself, Eg. you must provide a private method in the server class which is capable of converting from a standard class to the required class: 1) a) $myObj = new MyObj(); b) $myObj->import(stdClass $a); 2) a) $myObj = MyObj::import(stdClass $a); When dealing with WSDL I would recommend you to always try your WSDL in a WSDL parser like: 1) Mono: wsdl <WSDL file> 2) C++/gsoap: wsdl2h <WSDL file> Or perhaps have a look at this: http://jool.nl/new/ -- Hilsen/Regards Michael Rasmussen http://keyserver.veridis.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE3E80917