Sending data from a PHP script to a C# applicaiton

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When C# app is ran, it POSTS a request to the PHP server, which wants to return an array. What's an easy way to load this array's contents into C# for using with there.

For clarification, this array is a PHP stdClass object that contains strings, floats, and other stdClass objects. I want to get a similar data structure on the C# end with the same data.

Also, I know stdClass != arrays, but they're pretty simular so that they can be encoded the same way witn most encoding mechanisms.

Define returns an array. A web server usually returns string contents. How is this array encoded? Are you using some specific protocol? — Darin Dimitrov
– Darin Dimitrov, Commented Apr 25, 2010 at 18:29
@Darin - I have a stdClass object as described in the ammended question. The question is how do I encode this array so that C# can decode it. — MiffTheFox
– MiffTheFox, Commented Apr 26, 2010 at 7:13

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-25 18:23:49Z

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I don't know C# but JSON encoding using json_encode() is pretty popular in the web app world as a simple means to transfer simple structures across platforms.

There is a variety of parser classes on the C# end, scroll down in the first link.

answered Apr 25, 2010 at 18:23

Pekka

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Salman Arshad Over a year ago

May I suggest looking at msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

MiffTheFox Over a year ago

Thanks. I ended up going with LINQ to JSON ( james.newtonking.com/projects/json-net.aspx ) for it.

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