Icepack and PHP

[sac_urs]

Hi,

We have a simple server written in python and deployed with icepack. It's working fine with a python client.

We tried to rewrite the client in PHP and we followed the pointers given in this thread
http://www.zeroc.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=871

But, we are getting an error like this:

Fatal error: Ice_ObjectPrx::ice_checkedCast() [function.ice-checkedCast]: 
no Slice definition found for type ::IcePack::Query in testclient.php on line 5

Here's our PHP code:

<?php
Ice_loadProfile("pyce");
global $ICE;
$query = $ICE->stringToProxy("IcePack/Query")->ice_checkedCast("::IcePack::Query");
$obj = $query->findObjectByType("::Demo::Hello");
if($obj != null)
{
    $calc = $obj->ice_checkedCast("Hello");
}
?>

What could be the problem ?

Rgds,

[mes]

Hi,

Are you loading the IcePack Slice files into your "pyce" profile? If so, can you show your IcePHP configuration?

Take care,
- Mark

[sac_urs]

Relevant part from the php.ini

[Ice]
ice.profiles = "/home/sac/ice/pyce/ice.profile"

ice.profile

[pyce]
ice.slice = "/home/sac/ice/pyce/Hello.ice"
ice.config = "/home/sac/ice/pyce/config"

Hello.ice

module Demo {
       interface Hello {
                 void printHello();
        };
};

config

#
# The IcePack locator proxy.
#
Ice.Default.Locator=IcePack/Locator:default -p 12000

#
# IcePack registry configuration.
#
IcePack.Registry.Client.Endpoints=default -p 12000
IcePack.Registry.Server.Endpoints=default
IcePack.Registry.Internal.Endpoints=default
IcePack.Registry.Admin.Endpoints=default
IcePack.Registry.Data=db/registry
IcePack.Registry.DynamicRegistration=1

#
# IcePack node configuration.
#
IcePack.Node.Name=node1
IcePack.Node.Endpoints=default
IcePack.Node.Data=db/node
IcePack.Node.CollocateRegistry=1
# Ice.Trace.Network=2
# IcePack.Node.Trace.Activator=3

[mes]

You need to change your ice.slice directive so that it also loads the Slice file that defines the IcePack::Query interface. For example:

ice.slice = "-I/home/sac/Ice-2.1.2/slice /home/sac/ice/pyce/Hello.ice /home/sac/Ice-2.1.2/slice/IcePack/Query.ice"

- Mark

[mes]

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Thanks,
- Mark