PHP and iControl REST

Hi Pete, I am trying to use similar code sent by you but to fetch pools. The output format is not what I expected, below is the snippet of the response :

stdClass Object ( [kind] => tm:ltm:pool:poolcollectionstate [selfLink] => $select=name&ver=11.6.1 [items] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => CTUSOPService_IAT )

        [1] => stdClass Object
            (
                [name] => adptlm
            )

And I expected it to be like below :

{ "kind":"tm:ltm:pool:poolcollectionstate", "selfLink":"$select=name&ver=11.6.1", "items":[ { "name":"CTUSOPService_IAT" }, { "name":"adptlm" },

Any reason why this is happening..? My intention is to use JsonPath against the output to fetch the required fields. Eg : $.items[*].name

Hi Santosh, The functions and methods return PHP variables because I used the json_decode method on the returned JSON. So the returned data is an object that contains an array. Therefore you can manage the array by using foreach on the array eg:

$handle = curl_init();
$icr = iCR($handle,"admin","admin","GET","https:///mgmt/tm/ltm/pool")
foreach ($icr->items as $i=>$v) {
  echo "Pool name:$v->name 
";
}

If you want to retrieve the JSON, I suggest you use json_encode or alternatively change the code of the methods to return the JSON, although I can't see what using the JSON instead of the standard PHP functions will give you.

Hi Pete,

For F5 LTM ver=13, needed to change the "PUT" to a "PATCH" in the modify() function. Otherwise got error when PATCHing the transaction like: transaction failed:0107028c:3: The source (::) and destination addresses for virtual server must be be the same type (IPv4 or IPv6).

Hear the change was made in ver=12 Know that "PUT" worked in ver=11

Maybe worth updating so it checks which version is in use and then uses the appropriate CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST ?

By the way, thank you for all the work you put into this!! It is getting lots and lots of good use :-)

Hi tgbauer,

Great to hear that it has use, it helped me out when I needed it.

You make a very good point - in my iCR Python module I added the ability to set PATCH in the modify method by setting PATCH=True. I'll look at doing the same with this, then you can decide for yourself whether to use PUT or PATCH.

Are you able to send me details of the modify that you are trying to do - ie the URL and the data

Pete

Updated to include the use of PATCH. Note that with class the modify method is updated to include the PATCH variable. Set this to true to use PATCH method. Remove it or set to false to use PUT. For function, I have added the PATCH variable to the other methods.

Example with class:

 'This is a modified Virtual Server');
print_r($r->modify("/ltm/virtual/iCR_Test_VS",$description,true));
echo "Modify HTTP Return Code: $r->code\n";

Example with function:

 'This is a modified Virtual Server');
print_r(iCR($handle,$username,$password,'PATCH',$url."/iCR_Test_VS",$description));

Let me know if you feel there are any other useful features required

Thank you!