Beginner help to send an email from PHP

Question

I hope this isn't too easy to answer - I think I must be doing something fairly simple wrong.
I want to send an email from a PHP page, using SOAP so the mail appears in the sender's sent items, as if it was done in the usual way.
We're using Groupwise 8.02
Using the example code in phpClient/phpClient.php I have got a list of folders/emails in my mailbox, so the authentication and access to Groupwise is obviously working. However, in that file there isn't a send mail example, so I copied the one from phpSOAP/client.php and it doesn't work.....the error seems to be 59920 which might be something to do with the session missing, but I find this hard to believe since the folders can be retrieved with the same object.
Here is the code for mail sending I'm using:
$mail = new Mail();
$mail->subject = "php item";
$dist = new Distribution();
$from = new From();
$from->displayName = "Paul Green";
$from->email = "[email protected]";
$dist->from = "[email protected]";;
$dist->to = "Paul Green";
$rlist = new RecipientList();
$recip1 = new Recipient();
$recip1->displayName = "Peter";
$recip1->email = "[email protected]";
$recip2 = new Recipient();
$recip2->displayName = "Andy";
$recip2->email = "[email protected]";
$rlist->recipient = array ($recip1, $recip2);
$dist->recipients = $rlist;
$mail->distribution = $dist;
$mp = new MessagePart();
$mp->_ = "This is a test!";
$mb = new MessageBody();
$mb->part = $mp;
$mail->message = $mb;
$sir = new sendItemRequest();
$sir->item = $mail;
$sires = $gwservice->sendItemRequest($sir);
Looking around, it seems to me that some of the objects haven't got the properties that the above code expects (eg the from object), so is the schema wrong somewhere?
What I would like, but couldn't find, is some simple example code that works!
Does anyone know the simplest way to send an email via SOAP?
Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give.
Paul Green
Barton Peveril College
Eastleigh
Hampshire
UK

Answer 1

The phpClient code was a proof of concept.
I only hand fixed a few of the requests.
If you use that code, you will need to go into each
request you want to use and put in code to put in the
session string. You need to do that in GroupWiseService.php.
You may need to modify the individual files, ie Filter.php.
The phpSOAP code works better / easier. You shouldn't have
to modify that code. (You should be able to just use it.)
That said, I only did a spot check. The code is as is. There
is no support for it.
Preston
>>> On Friday, June 29, 2012 at 9:56 AM,
PaulGreen77<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the phpClient code you suggested,
> but it didn't work at all. I don't quite understand what you say about
> setting the session header string; I think my code does this already.
>
> Early on in the code, after logging in, I have the following line
> $gwservice‑>session = $lres['session'];
> Doesn't this set the session as part of the Groupwise service?
>
> You said I need to manually set the session header string, but which
> objects do i need to do it in? And can I do it as a parameter call, or
> does it need to be done in GroupwiseService.php?
>
> I hope this doesn't make me sound too silly, but I am a bit of a novice
> with OO programming!
>
> Another point: at various places in the code,
> http://schemas.novell.com/2005/01/Gr...groupwise.wsdl is referred
> to, but when I type this into a web browser, it says it can't be found?
> Does this matter?
>
> I hope you can help me a bit further!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul
>
> Preston Stephenson;2203363 Wrote:
>> If you can use php 3.x, use the phpSOAP example instead.
>> ftp://sdk.provo.novell.com/ndk/gwsoa...rm/phpSOAP.ZIP
>>
>> It will handle setting the session string header automatically.
>> If you use the phpClient example, you will have to go in to
>> GroupwiseService.php
>> and manually set the session header string in each request you want to
>> use.
>> See getFolderListRequest().
>>
>> Preston
>>
>> >>> On Friday, June 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM,
>> PaulGreen77<PaulGreen77@no‑mx.forums.novell.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I hope this isn't too easy to answer ‑ I think I must be doing
>> something
>> > fairly simple wrong.
>> > I want to send an email from a PHP page, using SOAP so the mail
>> appears
>> > in the sender's sent items, as if it was done in the usual way.
>> > We're using Groupwise 8.02
>> >
>> > Using the example code in phpClient/phpClient.php I have got a list
>> of
>> > folders/emails in my mailbox, so the authentication and access to
>> > Groupwise is obviously working. However, in that file there isn't a
>> send
>> > mail example, so I copied the one from phpSOAP/client.php and it
>> doesn't
>> > work.....the error seems to be 59920 which might be something to do
>> with
>> > the session missing, but I find this hard to believe since the
>> folders
>> > can be retrieved with the same object.
>> >
>> > Here is the code for mail sending I'm using:
>> >
>> > $mail = new Mail();
>> > $mail‑>subject = "php item";
>> > $dist = new Distribution();
>> > $from = new From();
>> > $from‑>displayName = "Paul Green";
>> > $from‑>email = "[email protected]";
>> > $dist‑>from = "[email protected]";;
>> > $dist‑>to = "Paul Green";
>> > $rlist = new RecipientList();
>> > $recip1 = new Recipient();
>> > $recip1‑>displayName = "Peter";
>> > $recip1‑>email = "[email protected]";
>> > $recip2 = new Recipient();
>> > $recip2‑>displayName = "Andy";
>> > $recip2‑>email = "[email protected]";
>> > $rlist‑>recipient = array ($recip1, $recip2);
>> > $dist‑>recipients = $rlist;
>> > $mail‑>distribution = $dist;
>> > $mp = new MessagePart();
>> > $mp‑>_ = "This is a test!";
>> > $mb = new MessageBody();
>> > $mb‑>part = $mp;
>> > $mail‑>message = $mb;
>> > $sir = new sendItemRequest();
>> > $sir‑>item = $mail;
>> > $sires = $gwservice‑>sendItemRequest($sir);
>> >
>> > Looking around, it seems to me that some of the objects haven't got
>> the
>> > properties that the above code expects (eg the from object), so is
>> the
>> > schema wrong somewhere?
>> > What I would like, but couldn't find, is some simple example code
>> that
>> > works!
>> > Does anyone know the simplest way to send an email via SOAP?
>> >
>> > Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give.
>> >
>> > Paul Green
>> > Barton Peveril College
>> > Eastleigh
>> > Hampshire
>> > UK