PHP Manual: Sets xmlrpc type, base64 or datetime, for a PHP string value

Description

bool xmlrpc_set_type ( string &$value , string $type )

Sets xmlrpc type, base64 or datetime, for a PHP string value.

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.

Parameters

value: Value to set the type
type: 'base64' or 'datetime'

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If successful, value is converted to an object.

Examples

Example #1 A xmlrpc_set_type example


<?php

$params = date("Ymd\TH:i:s", time());
xmlrpc_set_type($params, 'datetime');
echo xmlrpc_encode($params);

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<params>
<param>
 <value>
  <dateTime.iso8601>20090322T23:43:03</dateTime.iso8601>
 </value>
</param>
</params>

Errors/Exceptions

Issues E_WARNING with type unsupported by XMLRPC.