Method:API Q&A

Re: Object reference not an instance of an object.

Sivalal — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:44:45 GMT

Hi viret56,

Pass the variables in an array

$client->MethodAPITableList(array("strCompanyAccount"=>$company, "strLogin"=>$user,"strPassword"=> $password, "xmlReturned"=>$returnedXML));

$returnedXML=''; // an empty string is enough

Re: Object reference not an instance of an object.

viret56 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:51:42 GMT

Hi Method_David,

The company, user, and password are set. For the variable returnedXML, I have tried '$returnedXML', '&$returnedXML', an empty string (''), and a literal string ('returnedXML'), all of which give me the same error message.

By the way. I am able to make a connection and retrieve data using PHP's CURL library.

Re: Object reference not an instance of an object.

Method_David — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:24:18 GMT

Hi viret56,

Have you set the variables company, user, and password? Also the variable returnedXML is supposed to be passed by ref into the function, has this been set properly?

Dave

Object reference not an instance of an object.

viret56 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:49:47 GMT

I am using PHP 5 SoapClient class to define a SOAP client pointing to the MethodAPI service. I do this with

$client = new SoapClient("https://www.methodintegration.com/MethodAPI/service.asmx?wsdl");

My first test is attempting to retreive a table list using MethodTableList. The PHP code I used is

$rsXML = $client->MethodAPITableList($company, $user, $password, $returnedXML);

The response returned ($rsXML->MethodAPITableListResult) is the error message,

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

The two lines of code are fairly straightforward and I can't see what is causing the error. Can someone tell me what caused that error? Is it the $returnedXML string variable?