(PHP Extension) Call a JavaScript Function Passing an Array Argument

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This is the JavaScript function we'll call:

// function calculateTotal(numbers) {
//   console.log(numbers);
//   let total = 0;
//   
//   // Loop through every number in the array
//   for (const num of numbers) {
//     console.log(num);
//     total += num;
//   }
//   
//   return total;
// }

$sbScript = new CkStringBuilder();
$success = $sbScript->LoadFile('js_function_array_arg.js','utf-8');
if ($success == false) {
    print $sbScript->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$js = new CkJs();

$result = new CkJsonObject();
$result->put_EmitCompact(false);

// Call Eval to add the function to the context's global object
$success = $js->Eval($sbScript,$result);
if ($success == false) {
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    print $result->emit() . "\n";

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    print $js->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Call the function calculateTotal(numbers)

$funcCall = new CkJsonObject();
$funcCall->put_EmitCompact(false);

// Create JSON specifying the function name and arguments
// In this case, there is only 1 argument, and it is an array.

$funcCall->UpdateString('name','calculateTotal');

// Create the arguments array.
$argsArray = new CkJsonArray();

// The 1st argument in the arguments array is itself an array.
// Passing -1 indicates to append to the array.
$arg = new CkJsonArray();
$argsArray->AddArrayAt2(-1,$arg);

// Fill in the values for the 1st argument.
$arg->AddNumberAt(-1,'10.50');
$arg->AddNumberAt(-1,'20.00');
$arg->AddNumberAt(-1,'5.25');

// Add the "args" array to the funcCall.
$funcCall->AppendArrayCopy('args',$argsArray);

print $funcCall->emit() . "\n";

// The funcCall is as follows.  Notice that the 1st (and only) argument is an array.

// {
//   "name": "calculateTotal",
//   "args": [
//     [
//       10.50,
//       20.00,
//       5.25
//     ]
//   ]
// }

$success = $js->CallFunction($funcCall,$result);
if ($success == false) {
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    print $result->emit() . "\n";

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    print $js->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $result->emit() . "\n";

// Result:
// {
//   "type": "double",
//   "value": 35.75
// }

// The function also emitted text to the console.

$sbOut = new CkStringBuilder();
$js->ConsoleOutputSb($sbOut);
print $sbOut->getAsString() . "\n";

// Output:
// 10.5,20,5.25
// 10.5
// 20
// 5.25

// -----------------------------------------------------------
// Note: If the array argument is simple, this is an alternative
// and simpler way of creating the funcCall:

$funcCall->Clear();
$funcCall->UpdateString('name','calculateTotal');
$funcCall->UpdateNumber('args[0][0]','10.50');
$funcCall->UpdateNumber('args[0][1]','20.00');
$funcCall->UpdateNumber('args[0][2]','5.25');
print $funcCall->emit() . "\n";

?>

function calculateTotal(numbers) {
  console.log(numbers);
  let total = 0;
  
  // Loop through every number in the array
  for (const num of numbers) {
    console.log(num);
    total += num;
  }
  
  return total;
}