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Doc Bug #52217 API manual for SOAP misses detail information for returned values
Submitted: 2010-07-01 09:34 UTC Modified: 2010-07-01 12:05 UTC
From: php_bugs at m-h-it dot de Assigned: rquadling (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: irrellevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-07-01 09:34 UTC] php_bugs at m-h-it dot de 
Description:
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I'm missing detailed information, what _exactly_ is returned from these methods:

http://de2.php.net/manual/en/soapclient.gettypes.php

http://de2.php.net/manual/en/soapclient.getfunctions.php

Documentation states for the latter: "Returns a list of available SOAP functions". 
What type are the elements of this list? Functions? Strings with function names? 
Other arrays with more detailed function descriptions?

Completing the useless examples (var_dump(..)) and also showing example output of 
that command would help a lot.

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 [2010-07-01 11:15 UTC] rquadling@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of rquadling
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=300897
Log: Improve example for SoapClient::__getFunctions() & SoapClient::__getTypes(). Fix bug #52217
 [2010-07-01 11:16 UTC] rquadling@php.net 
The _exact_ output is dependent upon the service.
 [2010-07-01 11:31 UTC] rquadling@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: rquadling
 [2010-07-01 11:42 UTC] php_bugs at m-h-it dot de 
Are you sure?

Please note: I'm not talking about _which_functions_ are returned, but how a 
single item in the returned array looks like. From a test i see that e.g. 
__getFunctions() returns something like:

array(
  0 => 'LoginCustomerResponse loginCustomer(LoginCustomer $loginCustomer)',
  1 => ...

So each entry seems to be a string with a function signature. Now you say, this 
can be something else but a string, depending on the service?

If that's the case, it would be nice to have that documented to avoid confusion. 
I'm trying to build a WSDL parser. If the output of the mentioned methods can 
vary, they are quite useless.
 [2010-07-01 11:51 UTC] rquadling@php.net 
In a few hours the documentation will be updated.

The "value" of the return will vary from service to service (obviously), the "format" though will be constant. Method signatures for __getFunctions() and SOAP type declarations for __getTypes().

The examples have been updated. Please see the svn commit http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=300897
 [2010-07-01 12:05 UTC] php_bugs at m-h-it dot de 
Thanks, looks much better now. Even though i'd prefer to get a more useful output 
than strings. But that's another story (or ticket...).
 [2020-02-07 06:09 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of rquadling
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=9142ea15d99e1d4d7786713a7720e5351ca05d17
Log: Improve example for SoapClient::__getFunctions() & SoapClient::__getTypes(). Fix bug #52217
 
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