[wp-xmlrpc] Problems with dateCreated in metaWeblog.newPost/editPost - dateTime.iso8601

[AJ Cerqueti]

Hi,

Thanks again for your help, Daniel. Realised the PHP function
xmlrpc_encode_request() wasn't returning the datetime member formatted as
below, as it can't take apart an IXR Date object or a Date::ISO8601 object
apart properly, which I'd not anticipated. Assumed it'd check the IXR Date's
asXml() function first, but apparently not. Used SimpleXML to insert the
datetime member node as a separate step.

Many thanks,

AJ

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Daniel Jalkut <jalkut at red-sweater.com>wrote:

> Hi AJ, you should post a copy of what the actual XML cargo looks like that
> gets sent over the network.  Otherwise it's harder for the folks on this
> list to speculate what might be wrong.
>
> For your reference, here is an example of a properly formatted dateTime
> parameter that works:
>
>                        <name>dateCreated</name>
>
>  <value><dateTime.iso8601>20091029T16:23:02Z</dateTime.iso8601></value>
>                        </member>
>
> When in doubt about these types of things, a great approach is to find a
> client that works, and monitor what it sends over the network, to see what
> you need to mimic.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Oct 30, 2009, at 12:17pm, AJ Cerqueti wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> This has clearly been discussed before:
>> http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-xmlrpc/2008-April/000188.html
>>
>> If dateCreated is of PHP type DateTime, posting will succeed, when it's a
>> string in ISO8601 format it fails.
>> However, no matter what date the DateTime object contains, it doesn't seem
>> to pass the timestamp.
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> $title = htmlentities($title,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
>> $keywords = htmlentities($keywords,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
>> $datetime = new DateTime('2008-08-03 14:52:10');
>> echo "Formatted ISO: " . $datetime->format(DATE_ISO8601) . "<br />\n";
>> var_dump($datetime);
>>
>> $content = array(
>> 'title'=>$title,
>> 'description'=>$body,
>> 'dateCreated' => $datetime,
>> 'mt_allow_comments'=>1,
>> 'mt_allow_pings'=>1,
>> 'post_type'=>'post',
>> 'mt_keywords'=>$keywords,
>> 'categories'=>array($category));
>>
>> Will post, but date will be current time.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> AJ
>>
>>
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