[PHP Associative Array internal structure]

outside data?

 

 

I have tried many ways to populate the array argument ..here is a json serialized example in VB.NET. below returns a soft error from the PHP web service saying it cant read the array data.

 

trying to populate array("Contact1Email"=>"mdrake@pwrx.com")

 

Dim c As New com.contactbeacon.cbapiService

    Dim json As String = "a:1:{s:13:""Contact1Email"";s:15:""mdrake@pwrx.com"";}"

Dim retval As Object = c.recordUpdate("public string ", json)

[PHP Associative Array internal structure]

I dont have any control over the PHP code here is wha the doc says:

 

Notice the array in the 3rd argument. ASP.NET does not have an "array(=>)" object. No matter what I pass the PHP side returns an error

 

recordUpdate:

recordUpdate(public_id,[contact_id],data)

 

This function will update all data for a record that is not associated with a one to many record.  You must put your public_id or you will get an access error.  If you put a contact_id into the function then you will update a record.  If the contact_id is blank, then you will insert a new record.  The data variable is an array of data you want to update using the DB name as the key.

 

An example of this function would be:

 

Insert:

$c = recordUpdate('public','',array('firstname'=>'John',

'lastname'=>'Doe'));

 

returns:

$c = “new contact_id”

 

$c = recordUpdate('public','1',array('firstname'=>'John',

'lastname'=>'Doe'));

returns:

$c = 1

 

If an error occurs, then recordUpdate will return a text message trying to explain what went wrong.

 

 

 

[PHP Associative Array internal structure]

Actually its the other way around. I need to send data to the PHP web service and its requires an associative array for a particular argument. The problem is that no matter what I do (JSON ,XML etc) the PHP side can not read it as an array. I have tried Dictionaries, Array Lists, name Value pairs, VB arrays. I  am trying to tell them that they need to change the PHP web servce to accept serializd data such as XML  so that non-PHP clients can consume the web service.

[PHP Associative Array internal structure]

tell me if I am wrong.... but PHP associative arrays are a language specific data structures which other languages know nothing about and can not re-create (without knowledge of the internal structure). So a web service written in PHP where an argument required an associative arraycan not be consumed by any other client (ASP.NET is the case) other than PHP clients.

 

[PHP Associative Array internal structure]

I am an ASP.NET developer and I have to call a soap methed written in PBP that takes an argument required an associative array

such as

 

$prices = array( 'Tires'=>'test1', 'Spark Plugs'=>'test2' );

 

can yoiu tell me what the internal representation is of the above