How to retrieve betId from place bets response

[Wongo]

Hi, I'm confused by what I'm sure is a simple task but I can't see the wood for the trees...

I'm successfully placing bets using the following code:

$price = 1000;
$size = 2;
	
$bets = array();
$bets1['PlaceBets'] = array(
	'asianLineId' => 0, 
	'betType' => 'B', 
	'betCategoryype' => 'E',
	'betPersistenceType' => 'NONE',
	'marketId' => $eventID, 
	'price' => $price, 
	'selectionId' => $selectionID,
	'size' => $size,
	'bspLiability' => 0
);
						
$bets = array($bets1['PlaceBets']);
$placeBetsResp = $betfairlibrary->betfair_exchange_api->betfair_place_bets($sessionToken, $bets);

The $eventID and $selectionID indicated above are declared elsewhere in the script.

I want to be able to check that the betId was placed successfully by checking to see that it does not equal zero. If it is, I want to retrieve the error information contained within the response.

I presumed I could simple point to the corresponding array element with the following code, but when I do I receive an error.

$confirmedbetId = $placeBetsResp['Result']['betResults']['PlaceBetsResult'][0]['betId'];

The error received is:

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in /var/www/placebettest.php on line 85

What am I doing wrong?

[BigSprout]

Wongo,
check here: https://docs.developer.betfair.com/b...MC.00008311-MC

If the bet is placed successfully then "success=true" else "False"

For a more detailed response check:
"resultCode" of type "PlaceBetsResultEnum"
Error messages range from "OK" to "What went wrong"

Hope this helps

[Wongo]

Thanks for the reply BigSprout

I've read the documentation you pointed to. My problem doesn't lie with what to check. It is my lack of knowledge on the php programming side. How do I reference any of the individual elements of the array that is returned?

If I use the php print_r() function I get the following (where the sessionToken and the betId fields have been edited by me):

stdClass Object ( [Result] => stdClass Object ( [header] => stdClass Object ( [errorCode] => OK [minorErrorCode] => [sessionToken] => xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [timestamp] => 2011-11-23T09:37:53.058Z ) [betResults] => stdClass Object ( [PlaceBetsResult] => stdClass Object ( [averagePriceMatched] => 0 [betId] => yyyyyyyyyyyy [resultCode] => OK [sizeMatched] => 0 [success] => 1 ) ) [errorCode] => OK [minorErrorCode] => ) )

So, if I wanted to check the betId field, or, as you suggest, the success field, how do I go about it? As my original post indicates I thought I could use:

$confirmedbetId = $placeBetsResp['Result']['betResults']['PlaceBetsResult'][0]['betId'];

But that simply produces the error:

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in /var/www/placebettest.php on line 85

So clearly, it is the way in which I am trying to reference the individual array elements that has me stumped.

Thanks for you help.

[Wongo]

I got it sorted. I knew it must have been something simple:

$confirmedbetId = $placeBetsResp->Result->betResults->PlaceBetsResult->betId;

This works a treat and I can access the other elements in the same way.

[Tam's Loup]

I'm new to PHP and am having trouble accessing the contents of the responses returned from the api functions.

For example:
$eventResponse = $betfair->betfair_global_api->betfair_get_all_event_types($loginResponseError[1]);
$eventName = $eventResponse->Result->eventTypeItems[0]->name;

This gives this error when run:
Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array

How would I access the name of the first event?
Any suggestions?

[Tam's Loup]

I have the answer, which I had thought I'd tried before. For those who are similarly stuck, the answer is...

$eventName = $eventResponse->Result->eventTypeItems->EventType[0]->name;