Re: byte[] to PHP-string conversion RESOLVED

Thanks for the details.

What do you mean by 'xmlrpc extension' versus 'phpxmlrpc library'?
Isn't everything phpxmlrpc? Are there two implementations in parallel?

Thanks
Marcel

Gaetano Giunta wrote:
> Marcel Ruff a =E9crit :
>> Hi again,
>>
>> changing the code to
>>
>>                $res =3D php_xmlrpc_decode( $result->value() );
>>
>> // instead of
>> // $res =3D xmlrpc_decode( $result->serialize() );
>>
>> resolved it (i have not investigated further to understand it),
> The function xmlrpc_decode is from the php xmlrpc extension
> The function php_xmlrpc_decode is from the phpxmlrpc library
>
> Both server the same purpose, ie creating xmlrpc servers and clients=20
> in php, but they should generally not be mixed up. As a general=20
> guideline, the extension is much faster, but the library is more=20
> complete.
>
> Bye
> Gaetano
>>
>> regards
>> Marcel
>>
>>
>> Marcel Ruff wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i have a Java xmlrpc server which returns an array of triples
>>> {
>>>  String key
>>>  byte[] content
>>>  String qos
>>> }
>>>
>>> When i call it with phpxmlrpc i get:
>>>
>>> <methodResponse>
>>>  <params>
>>>    <param>
>>>      <value>
>>>        <array>
>>>          <data>
>>>            <value>
>>>              <array>
>>>                <data>
>>>                  <value><string>Hello</string></value>
>>>                  <value><base64>MzQz</base64></value>
>>>                  <value><string>&lt;qos/&gt;</string></value>
>>>                </data>
>>>               </array>
>>>             </value>
>>>          </data>
>>>        </array>
>>>      </value>
>>>    </param>
>>>  </params>
>>> </methodResponse>
>>>
>>> Now my problem:
>>>
>>> I can read in PHP the two strings without problem
>>> but how can i read the binary data (encoded with base64)?
>>>
>>> $result =3D $this->client->send( $rpcmsg );
>>> $res_array =3D xmlrpc_decode( $result->serialize() );
>>> $messages =3D array( count($res_array) ) ;
>>> $cpt =3D 0 ;
>>> foreach( $res_array as $r ){
>>>   dbgprint( "OK: [$r[0]]" );
>>>   // $r[1] from <value><base64>MTg4Mw=3D=3D</base64></value>
>>>   // THIS FAILS:
>>>   dbgprint( "binary data: $r[1]" );
>>> }
>>>
>>> Error thrown:
>>> ----> Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in ..=
.
>>>
>>> But $r[1] should contain the text "Hi".
>>>
>>> What am i missing?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Marcel
>>>
>>>
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