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Passing data using SOAP to ASP.NET Web Service via PHP SoapClient

Answer 1

A:

To debug, set trace to true, and inspect your request.

<?php
$client = new SoapClient($yourwsdl,array('trace'=>true));
try {
     $client->somefunc($args);
} catch (SoapFault $e){
     var_dump($e, $client->__getLastRequest());
}
?>

If you see a lot of Key/Value entries, try this one:

$client->somefunc((object)$args);//cast arguments to an object.

If you have already done that, it's a matter of examining the wsdl some more, and possibly more documentation of what it should comply to.

On a side note: storing ethnicity? Really? Quaint.

Wrikken 2010-07-19 14:20:56

Thanks for this. The code I am getting back when I view source is:object(SoapFault)#3 (9) { ["message:protected"]=> string(96) "Server was unable to process request. ---> Object reference not set to an instance of an object." ["string:private"]=> string(0) "" ["code:protected"]=> int(0) ["file:protected"]=> string(57) "domain/index.php" ["line:protected"]=> int(47) ["trace:private"]=> array(2) {In response to your side note - I'm just the dev following instructions.

baswoni 2010-07-19 14:31:22

Could the problem be with the way I am setting the birthdate value? It requests it in dateTime format. I've tried passing it as a string and integer: 1980-01-25 00:00:00 but not sure if it's correct. When pulling data out of the Web Service, birthdate comes out as 1934-04-07T00:00:00

baswoni 2010-07-19 14:38:16

Could be (although the error would possibly be different, but I don't know the webservice in question). ISO8601 is kind of default: `date('c',$timestamp);` I'd sooner say it was an invalid 'HoldingId' though

Wrikken 2010-07-19 14:52:01

Another commenter pointed out it's likely to be HoldingId. I've contacted the Web Service provider about this as they told me to set it to 0 at first then NULL as it's an auto incrementing value in the database.

baswoni 2010-07-19 15:03:16

Erm, what now? The whole purpose of a webservice is that YOU don't need to handle / think about that stuff. And if it needs to be set to null, they need to declare that possible in their wsdl.

Wrikken 2010-07-19 15:06:58

I agree. But I'm working with a company that manages our CRM system which is closed and they won't provide documentation. So we commissioned a Web Service to be built to allow us access to the data. They're new to this and so am I so, lots of debugging happening.

baswoni 2010-07-19 15:09:40

Ah, so it's not really a finished product yet, then all is forgiven of course :)

Wrikken 2010-07-19 15:25:55

Answer 2

A:

ASP.NET SOAP services expect the parameters to be passed as an object. For example:

$client = new SoapClient( $wsdlFile, $params );

$args->ContactId = NULL;   
$args->GenderId = 1;   
$args->EthnicityId = 1;   
$args->Title = 'Mr';   
$args->Initials = 'JB';   
$args->Honours = 'Degree';   
$args->FirstName = 'Joe';   
$args->Surname = 'Bloggs';
$args->Salutation = 'Dear Joe Bloggs';   
$args->Position = 'Manager';   
$args->Department = 'Executive';   
$args->Organisation = 'Organisation';   
$args->AccessRequirements = 'None';   
$args->DietaryNeeds = 'None';   
$args->BirthDate = '1980-01-25 00:00:00';   
$args->IsNewContact = TRUE;   
$args->HoldingId = NULL;   
$args->WebId = NULL;   
$args->RecruitedId = -1;

$return = $client->DoSomething( $args );

Jon Benedicto 2010-07-19 14:41:00

Thanks for this. I've given this a try, but I get: Fatal error: Uncaught SoapFault exception: [soap:Server] Server was unable to process request. ---> Object reference not set to an instance of an object. in domain/index.php:48 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: SoapClient->__call('PersonalDetails...', Array) #1 domain/index.php(48): SoapClient->PersonalDetails_Update(Object(stdClass)) #2 {main} thrown in domain/index.php on line 48

baswoni 2010-07-19 15:10:36

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