[thelist] PHP/Webservice -- send "string as number" or "number as string" ?

[Luther, Ron]

Stefan Schwarzer asked:

>>I am developing a webservice, in which one needs to specify the type of the parameter

>>I want to sent a country ID,


Hi Stef,


Solution #1 - Use the two character ISO Country Code values and fugettabout using those integer things; http://tinyurl.com/2d22r3

Solution #2 - Write your webservice to handle a 3 character parameter and prepend a blank space to the two character value "AF" or "09" that you used to send.  The leading space (" AF", " 09") should force type to be 'character'.


HTH,
RonL.

(If blanks don't work for you, prepend a boatload of "Zed"s.  That will force type.  Then use string commands to strip them back off.  Hopefully, in the language you are using, 'data type' should be sticky.)