> serialize and base64 encode your object on the serverhttp://www.php.net/serializehttp://www.php.net/base64_encode

> then
> on the client, decode and eval the stringhttp://www.php.net/base64_decodehttp://www.php.net/eval

> On Apr 16, 9:28 am, Dave Naimish <davenaim...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hi,

> > Thanks for your reply,

> > As I mentioned I am newbie so I would request you give little more
> > information on php serialization. My need is very simple that
> > GetEmployeeDetails method should return a object of type Employee.

> > Is it very complex to achieve in PHP, Is serialization only way to
> > resolve my problem?

> > BTW, I am using PHP 5.0 and nuSOAP is client's requirement.

> > Thanks for bearing my silly questions.

> > Regards,

> > Dave Naimish

> > On Apr 16, 8:15 pm, Joel <joel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Webservices & objects are a little bit complicated in PHP 4 (since
> > > you're using nuSOAP vs the native phpsoap library, i assume you're on
> > > v4).

> > > Essentially, when you're transferring data to and from a webservice,
> > > the data is serialized. If you have a WSDL definition file, the web
> > > service can also describe how to reconstruct the data on the other
> > > side. Int, strings etc are easy to pass. More complex data types (such
> > > as arrays) require a bit more work on the definition file. Thus, for
> > > objects,  it's even more work.

> > > Did you try serializing your object on the webservice and returning a
> > > string, then reconstruct the object using unserialize?

> > > On Apr 16, 9:07 am, Dave Naimish <davenaim...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > Hi,

> > > > I am newbie and recently I started working on PHP.

> > > > Problem description:

> > > > I have one class called Employee and it has one property called
> > > > Salary. I am developing a web service using nuSOAP libarary which will
> > > > expose a method to get employee details, i.e. GetEmployeeDetails. This
> > > > web method should return object of Employee type.

> > > > Now my first query is that how to return customized type using nuSOAP
> > > > library?

> > > > my code for consuming web service is like this,
> > > > <?php
> > > > require_once ('lib/nusoap.php');
> > > > require ('Employee.php');

> > > >     $client = new nusoap_client('http://localhost:5050/Projects/
> > > > empPayroll/WebService.php');

> > > >     $emp = new Employee();

> > > >     $param = array('name' => 'employee name');

> > > >     $emp = $client->call('GetEmployeeDetails', $param);

> > > >     echo $message->Salary();
> > > > ?>

> > > > When I execute above file in browser it returns following error:
> > > > Fatal error: Call to a member function Salary() on a non-object in D:
> > > > \Program Files\wamp\www\Projects\empPayroll\index.php on line 17

> > > > My assumption is that when I say
> > > >   $emp = $client->call('GetEmployeeDetails', $param);
> > > > it actually creates a new "emp" variable instead of retaining it as
> > > > Employee type of object.

> > > > AND THIS IS GETTING NIGHTMARE FOR ME :(

> > > > Let me know if anyone of you have any solution for above problem.

> > > > Regards,

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