Associative array returning first character of string

Question

I have 3 classes: server, client, service. used to implement a SOAP web service.

The service constructs an associative array, then passes it to the client which finally passes it to the server. And a response is sent back.

Relevant code:

service.php

<?php
include './client.php';

$id_array = array("country_code"=> "+36");
echo $client->getName($id_array);
?>

client.php

public function getName($id_array)
{
    return $this->instance->__soapCall('getCountryName', $id_array);
}

and server.php

public function getCountryName($id_array)
    {
    $country_code = array();

    $country_code = $id_array['country_code'];
//this return value to debug (not actual function)
    return $country_code;
}

The problem occurs at: $country_code = $id_array['country_code']; At which point $country_code is given the value +, instead of +36.

Why is that happening?

P.S. __soapCall passes the $id_array to the function getCountryName() in server.php Also, everything works as intended if I use $country_code of length 1.

Without the code for __soapCall() there is no way to see what happens to $id_array. The rest of the code does not do anything wrong with it. — Dennis B.
– Dennis B., Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 15:41

Jonnix · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-14 15:44:01Z

2

I'm not a SOAP user, but I believe __soapCall('getCountryName', $id_array) should be __soapCall('getCountryName', array($id_array)).

Why? Because each array index gets mapped to a param in the server method that gets called.

So, I think that in the server method, $id_array's value is the first character of the country code string, if you added an $id_array2 in the method param list, it would probably be the second in the string.

If that's the case, you're probably surpressing notices / warnings (check your errors logs) complaining about an illegal offset.

answered Jun 14, 2016 at 15:44

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