Php Client / .Net Webservice / Datetime problem - Urgent!

[ramarnath@gmail.com]

Problem in sending datatime format to the .net webservice from php.
description follows.


I've created a .net webservice.

..Net Webservice:

<WebMethod()> _
Public Function HelloDate(ByVal mydate As DateTime) As String
mystr = mydate.ToString ("dddd") 'Which displays day
Return mystr
End Function

Php Client:

$parameters['mydate'] = "12 June 2005;
$soap_proxy = $s->getProxy();
$result = $soap_proxy->HelloDate($par ameters);
if (!$err = $soap_proxy->getError()){
echo($result["HelloDateResul t"]);
}else{
echo 'Error: ' . $err . "\n";
}

When i tried to communicate the .net webservice. It shows following
error.

"Error: soap:Client: Server was unable to read request. --> There is an
error in XML document (1, 460). --> String was not recognized as a
valid DateTime. "

How to send datetime format data to the webservice from php. For
String, Numbers above code works well.

[Andy Hassall]

Re: Php Client / .Net Webservice / Datetime problem - Urgent!

On 3 Jun 2005 10:16:12 -0700, ramarnath@gmail .com wrote:
[color=blue]
>Problem in sending datatime format to the .net webservice from php.
>description follows.
>
>I've created a .net webservice.
>
>.Net Webservice:
>
> <WebMethod()> _
> Public Function HelloDate(ByVal mydate As DateTime) As String
> mystr = mydate.ToString ("dddd") 'Which displays day
> Return mystr
> End Function
>
>Php Client:
>
>$parameters['mydate'] = "12 June 2005;
>$soap_proxy = $s->getProxy();
>$result = $soap_proxy->HelloDate($par ameters);
>if (!$err = $soap_proxy->getError()){
> echo($result["HelloDateResul t"]);
>}else{
> echo 'Error: ' . $err . "\n";
>}
>
>When i tried to communicate the .net webservice. It shows following
>error.
>
>"Error: soap:Client: Server was unable to read request. --> There is an
>error in XML document (1, 460). --> String was not recognized as a
>valid DateTime. "
>
>How to send datetime format data to the webservice from php. For
>String, Numbers above code works well.[/color]

Having never used webservices this may be the wrong track, but I'd look at:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime

"12 June 2005" doesn't look like the sort of thing a portable format would
accept. 2005-06-12T00:00:00 looks more like it.

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[NC]

Re: Php Client / .Net Webservice / Datetime problem - Urgent!

ramarnath@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
>
> I've created a .net webservice.
>
> .Net Webservice:
>
> <WebMethod()> _
> Public Function HelloDate(ByVal mydate As DateTime) As String
> mystr = mydate.ToString ("dddd") 'Which displays day
> Return mystr
> End Function[/color]

Bad idea. Web services exchange data in text format and should
be platform-independent. Consequently, the only argument type
(and the only return type) allowed for a Web service method
should be String.

Rewrite your method:

<WebMethod()> _
Public Function HelloDate(ByVal myinput As String) As String
if IsDate(myinput) Then
mydate = CDate(myinput)
mystr = mydate.ToString ("dddd")
Return mystr
Else
' handle the error; the supplied argument
' cannot be converted to date
End If
End Function
[color=blue]
> How to send datetime format data to the webservice from php.[/color]

DateTime is a .NET-specific structure. You should avoid having
to send to (or receive from) a Web service anything that is not
string.

Cheers,
NC

[Ewoud Dronkert]

Re: Php Client / .Net Webservice / Datetime problem - Urgent!

On 3 Jun 2005 10:16:12 -0700, ramarnath@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> $parameters['mydate'] = "12 June 2005;
> $result = $soap_proxy->HelloDate($par ameters);[/color]

In addition to the remarks made by Andy and NC, try passing the actual
string, not an array.

$result = $soap_proxy->HelloDate($par ameters['mydate']);


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[ramarnath@gmail.com]

Re: Php Client / .Net Webservice / Datetime problem - Urgent!

Thanks Andy,

It wroks well. thanks a lot..

$parameters['mydate'] = "2005-06-04T00:00:00";
$soap_proxy = $s->getProxy();
$result = $soap_proxy->HelloDate($par ameters);
if (!$err = $soap_proxy->getError()){
echo($result["HelloDateResul t"]);
}
else{
echo 'Error: ' . $err . "\n";
}


Thanks for your effort.

Thanks NC, Ewoud Dronkert.