Last updated: Fri, 27 Jun 2008

xmlrpc_set_type

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

xmlrpc_set_type — Sets xmlrpc type, base64 or datetime, for a PHP string value

Description

bool xmlrpc_set_type ( string &$value , string $type )

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.

Parameters

value: Value to set the type
type: 'base64' or 'datetime'

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If successful, value is converted to an object.

Errors/Exceptions

Issues E_WARNING with type unsupported by XMLRPC.

Windows Only Extensions

XML-RPC Functions

Last updated: Fri, 27 Jun 2008

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xmlrpc_set_type

bmatheny at mobocracy dot net
24-Mar-2006 04:08


The following code segfaults some older (pre 5.1.2) versions of PHP:



$foo = date('c', time());

xmlrpc_set_type($foo, 'datetime');



Please upgrade before reporting as a bug.

ncuxxx at gmail dot com
22-Dec-2005 01:59


I write tutorial.

Look it.

http://2pik.com/article/1/8.html



It`s very useful for russian users :)

And also usefol for LJ. :)

shem((at))etkDOTca [aka.Przemyslaw Szot]
30-Oct-2004 03:23


Once you use the xmlrpc_set_type function, the data is encoded into a PHP object.  In your XMLRPC server, in order to access the data you must be able to access the necessary part of the object.



So.. to expend on the example above:



<---------- CLIENT ---------->

$string = "My logging event."; 

$date = "20030115T12:22:37"; // Must be this format 

$binary = fread($fp, 128); 

xmlrpc_set_type(&$date, "datetime"); 

xmlrpc_set_type(&$binary, "base64"); 

$xmlrpcReq = xmlrpc_encode_request("log.data", array($string, $date, $binary)); 



In order to retrieve the binary file data you would need to get the scalar portion of the object:



<---------- SERVER ------------>

$string=$params[0];

$date_obj=$params[1];

$binary_obj=$params[2];



$date=$date_obj->scalar;

$binary_data=$binary_obj->scalar;



// Then you can proceed to write the binary

fwrite($handle,$binary_data);

kelly at seankelly dot biz
28-Dec-2002 08:53


The problem is that PHP has a string type which is also used to hold binary data and dates.  But XML-RPC defines three separate types for strings, binary data, and dates.  How do you tell how you want strings encoded?  That's where this function comes in.





Suppose the XML-RPC method "log.data" took a string, a date, and a binary object.  To tell XML-RPC that the date (which is a PHP string) is a really a date and that the binary data (which is also a PHP string) is really binary data, try:





$string = "My logging event.";


$date = "20030115T12:22:37"; // Must be this format


$binary = fread($fp, 128);


xmlrpc_set_type(&$date, "datetime");


xmlrpc_set_type(&$binary, "base64");


$xmlrpcReq = xmlrpc_encode_request("log.data", array($string, $date, $binary));





Note the reference passing in the calls to xmlrpc_set_type; that enables the function to change the values from strings into what xmlrpc_encode/_request expects (which are objects that include a bonus field that tells the desired XML-RPC type).

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Windows Only Extensions

XML-RPC Functions

Last updated: Fri, 27 Jun 2008