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CubeTech

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Hi All,

 

being a noob when it comes to any sort of coding I am facing a strong learning curve but I'm getting there. With the implementation of our new client portal, we require a new client sign-up api...The following was provided...

 

<?php

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO

// USE THE DITTO PORTAL FOR AHSAY API'S.

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// SET API VARIABLES

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//SET CUSTOMER ID AND API KEY

$customerID = '8000003';

$key = '6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G';

 

//IF POSTBACK

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')

{

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// GET VALUES FROM FORM

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

$company = $_REQUEST['company'];

$address1 = $_REQUEST['address1'];

$address2 = $_REQUEST['address2'];

$city = $_REQUEST['city'];

$state = $_REQUEST['state'];

$postal = $_REQUEST['postal'];

$country = $_REQUEST['country'];

$firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'];

$lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'];

$phone = $_REQUEST['phone'];

$email = $_REQUEST['email'];

$type = $_REQUEST['type'];

$username = $_REQUEST['username'];

$alias = $_REQUEST['alias'];

$language = $_REQUEST['language'];

$timezone = $_REQUEST['timezone'];

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE LIST COUNTRIES API TO POPULATE COUNTRY DROP DOWN LIST

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'ListCountries';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListCountries';

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$countrylist = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

foreach ($countrylist as $c)

{

if ($country == $c->countryID)

{

$countryOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$c->countryID."\" selected>".$c->countryName."";

}

else

{

$countryOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$c->countryID."\">".$c->countryName."";

}

}

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE LIST LANGUAGES API TO POPULATE LANGUAGE DROP DOWN LIST

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'ListLanguages';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListLanguages';

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$languagelist = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

foreach ($languagelist as $l)

{

if ($language == $l->languageID)

{

$languageOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$l->languageID."\" selected>".$l->languageName."";

}

else

{

$languageOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$l->languageID."\">".$l->languageName."";

}

}

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE LIST TIMEZONES API TO POPULATE TIMEZONE DROP DOWN LIST

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'ListTimezones';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListTimezones';

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$timezonelist = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

foreach ($timezonelist as $t)

{

if ($timezone == $t->timezoneID)

{

$timezoneOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$t->timezoneID."\" selected>".$t->timezoneName."";

}

else

{

$timezoneOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$t->timezoneID."\">".$t->timezoneName."";

}

}

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// BEFORE CALLING THE ADDCLIENT API, YOU SHOULD VALIDATE THE

// USER'S INPUT (ALL REQUIRED FIELDS COMPLETE, EMAIL ADDRESS

// ETC.

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE ADD CLIENT API TO ACTIVATE ACCOUNT

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//SET ACCOUNT TYPE AND TRIAL LENGTH

$account = 'TRIAL';

$length = '14';

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'AddClient';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?'.

"customerID=".$customerID.

"&key=".$key.

"&function=".$function.

"&company=".$company.

"&address1=".$address1.

"&address2=".$address2.

"&city=".$city.

"&state=".$state.

"&postal=".$postal.

"&country=".$country.

"&firstname=".$firstname.

"&lastname=".$lastname.

"&phone=".$phone.

"&email=".$email.

"&type=".$type.

"&username=".$username.

"&alias=".$alias.

"&language=".$language.

"&timezone=".$timezone.

"&account=".$account.

"&length=".$length;

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$createClient = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

//DISPLAY RESULTS OF API CALL

echo $createClient;

}

//NOT POSTBACK

else

{

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE LIST COUNTRIES API TO POPULATE COUNTRY DROP DOWN LIST

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'ListCountries';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListCountries';

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$countrylist = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

foreach ($countrylist as $c)

{

$countryOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$c->countryID."\">".$c->countryName."";

}

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE LIST LANGUAGES API TO POPULATE LANGUAGE DROP DOWN LIST

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'ListLanguages';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListLanguages';

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$languagelist = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

foreach ($languagelist as $l)

{

$languageOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$l->languageID."\">".$l->languageName."";

}

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// INVOKE LIST TIMEZONES API TO POPULATE TIMEZONE DROP DOWN LIST

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

//BUILD URL FOR API CALL

$function = 'ListTimezones';

$url = 'https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListTimezones';

 

//MAKE API CALL USING SIMPLE XML

$timezonelist = simplexml_load_file($url);

 

foreach ($timezonelist as $t)

{

$timezoneOptions.="<OPTION VALUE=\"".$t->timezoneID."\">".$t->timezoneName."";

}

}

?>

 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>

</head>

 

<body>

<p>NEW CLIENT SIGN UP</p>

<form id="NewClientForm" name="NewClientForm" method="post" action="NewClientForm.php">

  <p>Company Name:<br />

    <label for="company"></label>

  <input type="text" name="company" id="company" value="<? echo $company; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Address 1:<br />

    <label for="address1"></label>

    <input type="text" name="address1" id="address1" value="<? echo $address1; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Address 2:<br />

    <label for="address2"></label>

    <input type="text" name="address2" id="address2" value="<? echo $address2; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>City:<br />

    <label for="city"></label>

    <input type="text" name="city" id="city" value="<? echo $city; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>State/Province:<br />

    <label for="state"></label>

    <input type="text" name="state" id="state" value="<? echo $state; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Zip/Postal Code:<br />

    <label for="postal"></label>

    <input type="text" name="postal" id="postal" value="<? echo $postal; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Country:<br />

    <label for="country"></label>

    <select name="country" id="country">

    <? echo $countryOptions; ?>

    </select>

  </p>

  <p>Primary Contact First Name:<br />

    <label for="firstname"></label>

    <input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" value="<? echo $firstname; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Primary Contact Last Name:<br />

    <label for="lastname"></label>

    <input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname" value="<? echo $lastname; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Primary Contact Telephone:<br />

    <label for="phone"></label>

    <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" value="<? echo $phone; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Primary Contact Email:<br />

    <label for="email"></label>

    <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<? echo $email; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Account Type:<br />

    <input type="radio" name="type" id="acb" value="ACB" />

    <label for="acb">ACB</label>

    <input type="radio" name="type" id="obm" value="OBM" />

    <label for="obm">OBM</label>

  </p>

  <p>Preferred Username:<br />

    <label for="username"></label>

    <input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="<? echo $username; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Alias/Nickname:<br />

    <label for="alias"></label>

    <input type="text" name="alias" id="alias" value="<? echo $alias; ?>" />

  </p>

  <p>Language:<br />

    <label for="language"></label>

    <select name="language" id="language">

    <? echo $languageOptions; ?>

    </select>

  </p>

  <p>Timezone:<br />

    <label for="timezone"></label>

    <select name="timezone" id="timezone">

    <? echo $timezoneOptions; ?>

    </select>

  </p>

  <p> </p>

  <p>

    <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Sign Up" />

  </p>

</form>

<p><br />

</p>

</body>

</html>

 

The following errors are produced...

 

http://cubetech.com.au/downloads/signup.php

 

Can please confirm my suspicions of simplexml_load_file() are not permitted. I have been reading about cURL implementation instead can someone provide some assistance if this is possible and assist.

 

A lot of thank in advance,

 

Andrew Chapman

 

 

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BlueSkyIS

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to me, the errors mean that the document being retrieved is empty:

 

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: https://api.web-portal.co/?customerID=8000003&key=6NbTmZw5LZdtTO8FuYH9G&function=ListCountries:1: parser error : Document is empty in /home/cub21870/public_html/downloads/signup.php on line 165

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