PHP ActiveX

Populi Get Roles

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Demonstrates the Populi getRoles task. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// First load the previously obtained API token.
// See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile('qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml');
$accessKey = $xml->getChildContent('access_key');
if ($xml->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print 'Did not find the access_key' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// Connect using TLS.
// A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
// The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
// then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('yourcollege.populi.co',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->Authorization = $accessKey;

$rest->AddQueryParam('task','getRoles');

$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded('POST','/api/index.php');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    print 'Request Header: ' . "\n";
    print $rest->LastRequestHeader . "\n";
    print '----' . "\n";
    print 'Response StatusCode = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Response StatusLine: ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
    print $responseBody . "\n";
    exit;
}

$xml->LoadXml($responseBody);
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// Sample response:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
// <response>
//     <role>
//         <id>7</id>
//         <name>Academic Admin</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>19</id>
//         <name>Financial Aid</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>15</id>
//         <name>Registrar</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>4</id>
//         <name>Staff</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>1</id>
//         <name>Everyone</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
// </response>

$i = 0;
$count_i = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('role');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $xml->I = $i;
    $id = $xml->GetChildIntValue('role[i]|id');
    $name = $xml->getChildContent('role[i]|name');
    $inactive = $xml->GetChildIntValue('role[i]|inactive');
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>