MetaService 1.2 : Creating a PHP Client

PHP has good support for consuming web services through the PHP Soap Module. Because the MetaService runs over SSL only, you need the PHP OpenSSL Module as well. Both modules are part of the standard PHP distribution, but you may need to enable them in your php.ini, or install them through your distro's package manager.

<?php

    // This code depends on the PHP Soap and PHP OpenSSL modules being available
    //
    // There appears to be a bug in PHP Soap that
    // incorrectly wraps WS-I compliant Arrays in
    // an object that carries the name of the
    // object type of the elements in the array.
    // This seems to occur only when SOAP_SINGLE_ELEMENT_ARRAYS
    // is enabled, but disabling it is not really an option
    // because that deserializes single element arrays into non-array properties.

    $username = "testuser";
    $password = "0123456789";

    // Set up the client
    $client = new SoapClient('https://services.companywebcast.com/meta/1.2/MetaService.svc?wsdl',
                             array('features' => SOAP_SINGLE_ELEMENT_ARRAYS));

    $searchparameters = new stdClass();
    $searchparameters->Username = $username;
    $searchparameters->Password = $password;
    $searchparameters->CustomerCode = null;
    $searchparameters->CustomerName = null;
    $searchparameters->TopicTitle = null;
    $searchparameters->SpeakerLastName = null;
    $searchparameters->WebcastTitle = null;
    $searchparameters->Reference = null;
    $searchparameters->TagNames = null;
    $searchparameters->QueryText = null;
    $searchparameters->PeriodFrom = null;
    $searchparameters->PeriodTo = null;
    $searchparameters->Status = null;
    $searchparameters->PageNumber = 0;
    $searchparameters->PageSize = 100;
    $searchparameters->Order = "StartDesc";

    //   Call the WebcastSearch Method on the MetaService
    $SearchResponse = $client->WebcastSearch($searchparameters);
    //   WebcastSearchResult contains an integer
    //   that indicates the success or failure of your request
    $SearchResult = $SearchResponse->WebcastSearchResult;
    //   WebcastSummaries contains a collection of WebcastSummary,
    //   which contains data that can be used for WebcastGet
    $Summaries = $SearchResponse->WebcastSummaries->WebcastSummary; //Php Soap bug

    //   Create an object that contains the parameters needed for calling WebcastGet
    $getparameters = new stdClass();
    $getparameters->Username = $username;
    $getparameters->Password = $password;
    $getparameters->Code = $Summaries[0]->Code;
    $getparameters->Language = $Summaries[0]->Languages->string[0]; //Php Soap bug

    //   Call the WebcastGet Method on the MetaService
    $GetResponse =  $client->WebcastGet($getparameters);
    //   WebcastGetResult contains an integer
    //   that indicates the success or failure of your request
    $GetResult = $GetResponse->WebcastGetResult;
    //   Webcast is an object that contains detailed information
    //   about a single webcast, in a single language
    $Webcast = $GetResponse->Webcast;
?>