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server-webapi-code-09-getCategories.php / php



  <?php
  function getCategories(parent = -1)
  {
    call = "GetCategories";
    attributes = array();
    attributes['Version'] = 425;
    attributes['CategorySiteID'] = 0;
    
    if (parent != -1)
    {
      attributes['CategoryParent'] = parent;
    }else 
    {
      attributes['LevelLimit'] = 1;  
    }
  
    myRequest = generateBody(call, attributes);
    message = generateRequest(myRequest);
    breifXML = simplexml_load_string(calleBay(call, message, TRUE));
    lastUpdated = parent . "." . breifXML->
      children('schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/')->
      children('urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents')->GetCategoriesResponse->
      UpdateTime . ".xml";
  
    if (file_exists("/eBayCatCache/lastUpdated"))
    { 
      echo "<!-- CACHE -->\n";
      xml = simplexml_load_file("/tmp/lastUpdated");
  
    }else
    {
      echo "<!-- NEW -->\n";
      attributes['DetailLevel'] = 'ReturnAll';
      myRequest = generateBody(call, attributes);
      message = generateRequest(myRequest);
      xml = calleBay(call, message, TRUE); 
      file_put_contents("/tmp/lastUpdated", xml);
      xml = simplexml_load_string(xml);
    }
  
    xml = xml->children('schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/')->children('urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents');
    return xml;
  }
  ?>
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