Web services

I have created a simple PHP script that utilises the Zend Soap Client to interface with Moodle's web services.

I first created a user as follows, specifying preferences and custom fields. The SOAP call is successful.

<code>

<?php

require_once('Zend/Soap/Client.php');

try {

$client = new Zend_Soap_Client("http://<URL>/webservice/soap/server.php?wstoken=241b0237f5fe1fdd7634cdd41750f591&wsdl=1");

$function = 'moodle_user_create_users';

$params = array(

array(

// user 1
array(

'username' => 'test_user_5' // string //Username policy is defined in Moodle security config
, 'password' => 'test_user_5' // string //Plain text password consisting of any characters
, 'firstname' => 'Jim5' // string //The first name(s) of the user
, 'lastname' => 'Jimson5' // string //The family name of the user
, 'email' => 'jim5@jimson5.com' // string //A valid and unique email address
, 'auth' => 'manual' // string Default to "manual" //Auth plugins include manual, ldap, imap, etc
, 'idnumber' => '' // string Default to "" //An arbitrary ID code number perhaps from the institution
, 'emailstop' => 0 // double Default to "0" //Email is blocked: 1 is blocked and 0 otherwise
, 'lang' => 'en' // string Default to "en" //Language code such as "en", must exist on server)

, 'preferences' => array(

// pair 1
array(

'type' => 'pref_icecream'
, 'value' => 'vanilla'
)
)

, 'customfields' => array(

// pair 1
array(
'type' => 'custom1'
, 'value' => 'hello'
)
)

)
)
);

$result = $client->__call($function, $params);

print_r($result);

} catch(Exception $e) {

print_r($e);

}
?>

</code>

However, when I retrieve the user information (see code snippet below) the customfields array is empty.

<code>

<?php

require_once('Zend/Soap/Client.php');

try {

$client = new Zend_Soap_Client("http://<URL>/webservice/soap/server.php?wstoken=241b0237f5fe1fdd7634cdd41750f591&wsdl=1");

$function = 'moodle_user_get_users_by_id';

$params = array(
array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
);

$result = $client->__call($function, $params);

for($i = 0; $i < count($result); $i++) {

echo "Custom fields: \n";
print_r($result[$i]['customfields']);
echo "Preferences: \n";
print_r($result[$i]['preferences']);
}

} catch(Exception $e) {

print_r($e);

}

?>

</code>

Outputs:

Preferences:
Custom fields:
Array
(
)



Is this a bug - or am I doing sth wrong?