(PHP ActiveX) Call a JavaScript Function Passing an Object Argument

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This is the JavaScript function we'll call:

// function describeCar(car) {
// 	console.log(`This is a ${car.year} ${car.make} ${car.model}.`);
// }

$sbScript = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbScript->Append('function describeCar(car) { console.log(`This is a ${car.year} ${car.make} ${car.model}.`); }');

$js = new COM("Chilkat.Js");

$result = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$result->EmitCompact = 0;

// Call Eval to add the function to the context's global object
$success = $js->Eval($sbScript,$result);
if ($success == 0) {
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    print $result->emit() . "\n";

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    print $js->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Call the function describeCar(car)

$funcCall = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$funcCall->EmitCompact = 0;

// Create JSON specifying the function name and arguments
// In this case, there is only 1 argument, and it is an object.

// {
//   "name": "describeCar",
//   "args": [
//     {
//       "make": "Toyota",
//       "model": "Corolla",
//       "year": 2022
//     }
//   ]
// }

$funcCall->UpdateString('name','describeCar');

// Create the JSON object that is the argument.
$arg = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$arg->UpdateString('make','Toyota');
$arg->UpdateString('model','Corolla');
$arg->UpdateInt('year',2022);

// Create the arguments array.
$argsArray = new COM("Chilkat.JsonArray");
$argsArray->AddObjectCopyAt(0,$arg);

// Add the "args" array to the funcCall.
$funcCall->AppendArrayCopy('args',$argsArray);

print $funcCall->emit() . "\n";

$success = $js->CallFunction($funcCall,$result);
if ($success == 0) {
    // Examine the result for an exception.
    print $result->emit() . "\n";

    // Also examine the LastErrorText.
    print $js->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $result->emit() . "\n";

// The describeCar JavaScript function returns nothing. 
// Therefore, the result is "undefined".

// {
//   "type": "undefined",
//   "value": "undefined"
// }

// However, the function emitted text to the console.

$sbOut = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$js->ConsoleOutputSb($sbOut);
print $sbOut->getAsString() . "\n";

// Output:
// This is a 2022 Toyota Corolla.

// -----------------------------------------------------------
// Note: If the object argument is simple, this is an alternative
// and simpler way of creating the funcCall:

$funcCall->Clear();
$funcCall->UpdateString('name','describeCar');
$funcCall->UpdateString('args[0].make','Toyota');
$funcCall->UpdateString('args[0].model','Corolla');
$funcCall->UpdateInt('args[0].year',2022);
print $funcCall->emit() . "\n";

?>