Webservices: How to display response

[munnikd]

I call the following webservice:

$soap = new SoapClient('http://172.18.22.182/csp/ampath/ReportGeneration.Mobi.Services.cls?WSDL');
$params = array('prmRegUser'=>"34");
$result = $soap->getResultsByUser($params);

I get the following returned when I do a var_dump ($result) form a webs service call and needs to be able to display  the data correctly in a table:

object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
  ["getResultsByUserResult"]=>
  object(stdClass)#3 (1) {
    ["Specimen"]=>
    array(10) {
      [0]=>
      object(stdClass)#4 (3) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(3) "380"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "13:12"
      }
      [1]=>
      object(stdClass)#5 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "18470"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "de Wet"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(6) "Liza K"
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "F"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "33"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "14:00"
      }
      [2]=>
      object(stdClass)#6 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "17890"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "Harmse"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(5) "Mark "
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "31"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "12:53"
      }
      [3]=>
      object(stdClass)#7 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "17408"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "Harmse"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(5) "Mark "
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "31"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "12:00"
      }
      [4]=>
      object(stdClass)#8 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "17371"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "Harmse"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(5) "Mark "
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "31"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "09:46"
      }
      [5]=>
      object(stdClass)#9 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "18480"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "Harvey"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(4) "Lee "
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "F"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "31"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "15:00"
      }
      [6]=>
      object(stdClass)#10 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "17115"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "Marais"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(7) "Les PTP"
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "35"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "16:30"
      }
      [7]=>
      object(stdClass)#11 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "17113"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(6) "Marais"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(7) "Les PTP"
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "35"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "16:26"
      }
      [8]=>
      object(stdClass)#12 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(5) "17311"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(4) "Muis"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(7) "Mickey "
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "54"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "10:36"
      }
      [9]=>
      object(stdClass)#13 (7) {
        ["SpecimenID"]=>
        string(4) "4919"
        ["PatientSurname"]=>
        string(5) "Tudor"
        ["PatientFirstName"]=>
        string(6) "Henry "
        ["PatientSex"]=>
        string(1) "M"
        ["PatientAge"]=>
        string(2) "57"
        ["SpecimenModule"]=>
        string(3) "LAB"
        ["CollectedTime"]=>
        string(5) "12:00"
      }
    }
  }
}

 

This is data from a database and length varies accordingly. What would be the best way to display this in a table under the following headings:

 

Specimen ID | Surname | Name | Sex | Age | Module | Time

380              |                |          |  F  |        |  LAB      | 13:12

18470          | de Wet  | Liza K |  F  | 33  |  LAB    | 14:00

 

Any ideas ?

 

 

[salathe]

This question is mostly about how to loop over an array and produce a HTML table so rather than give you an answer specific to your object, let's try and make you think a little.

 

Suppose we had the following array, how would you a) loop over it, and b) output a table?

 

$array = array(
    array('a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'banana', 'c' => 'cherry'),
    array('a' => 'aardvark', 'b' => 'badger', 'c' => 'cat'),
);

[munnikd]

Hi,

 

When looping through a foreach loop I get the following error:

foreach($result as $key=>$value)
{
echo $key.' -> '.$value.'<br />';
}

PHP Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in 

 

??

 

[trq]

That error is because you cannot echo an object. So, you need to check if $key is an object (or an array), if it is you will need to recursively call your loop again, if not, it is safe to display.

[munnikd]

I'm really lost here, would appreciate if you could help me with some code.