Passing arrays from c# to phalanger dll

[strfrank]

Hi,
I'm working on a pure php dll that I need to call from c# apps.
The php code is an actual library and I cannot modify it, it has many functions that require array arguments.
Actually I use the PhpArray class to pass these arrays correctly from c# to the dll functions and it works perfectly, I was wondering if there is some method to automatically convert c# arrays or collections to php arrays to shorten the code.

Many thanks

[Jakub Misek]

Hi,
I agree PhpArray is not always easy to create, as it has many additional array features.

For you the easiest ways would be to wrap System.Array or ICollection into PhpArray:

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new PhpArray(collection)

You can make an extension method to ICollection or IDictionary, that would create PhpArray from it:

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public static PhpArray ToPhpArray(this IDictionary dict){ ... }

Or write an explicit cast operator.

Also in most cases (tested for [] operator), Phalanger handles objects derived from IList and IDictionary directly, so you don't have to create PhpArray at all.

[strfrank]

Hi,
Thanks for the answer, I'll rely on phparray, maybe I can write an adapter that accepts standard collections and converts them to PhpArray.

The problem with passing .net collections or arrays is that when the php code tries to add elements to the collections I get an exception.

Thanks