Re: [PHP] COM - Assigning to method.

On Jul 12, 2013 4:53 AM, "Adam Nicholls" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys/Gals,
>
> I'm doing some integration work with a COM API and according to their
> documentation to save data in the API, you have to assign to the
> method.
>
> This is their example in Visual Basic:
>
>
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>     Set oBank = New CBank
>     oBank.Init Application.SessionContext
>     With oBank
>         .Fields(BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME) = "Test account"
>         .Fields(BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NO) = "12345"
>         .Fields(BANK_fld_BANK) = "Bank of the Nation"
>         .Fields(BANK_fld_BRANCH_NAME) = "State Street Branch"
>     End With
>     oBank.Save
>
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>
> Obviously in PHP is isn't possible to assign to a method in this way
> (thats what parameters are for!) So I'm at a bit of a loose end. I'm
> wondering if anyone else has come across this? Or am I missing
> something obvious in PHP's implementation of the COM that allows me to
> work around this?
>
> My PHP Code is looks like this:
>
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> $API = new COM('API7.API');
> $API->Init($SerialNo, $Login, '', 1, '', 1);
> $API->SignOutOnTerminate = True;
>
> $Record = new COM("Data.Record");
> $Record->Init($API->SessionContext);
>
> $Record->Fields('BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME') = 'Test Account';//doesn't work
>
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>
> I've also tried (below) but the API says wrong number of parameters
> $Record->Fields('BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME', 'Test Account');
>
> I've also tried something crazy like this (below) but that overwrites
> the $Record object.
> $_R = &$Record->Fields('BANK_fld_ACCOUNT_NAME');
> $_R = 'Test Account';
>
>
> Any ideas? Is it possible?
>
>
> Many Thanks
> Adam Nicholls
>

That example isn't assigning values to method return value. Fields is a
collection of ADO Field objects. The default property of a Field object is
its Value property, so the shorthand is simply assigning the values of the
variables to the value of each field in a record within a Recordset.

Andrew