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The PGMCall Method

Program Call Method

The program call method allows calling program (*PGM) or service program (*SRVPGM).

PgmCall($Program, $Library, $Parameters, $Returnvalue, $Function)

Arguments	Value	Description
$Program	Program name OFF NONE	Program name to be called
$Library	Library name	Library where the program is located
$Parameters	See parameters section	Program parameters
$Returnvalue		Program return value
$Function	Function name	Service program function name

Sample Code

This sample shows how to run an RPG program that has the following parameters:

Code
Name

Usage Example

<?php

include_once 'authorization.php';
include_once '../API/ToolkitService.php';
include_once 'helpshow.php';
$extension='ibm_db2';
try {
    $ToolkitServiceObj = ToolkitService::getInstance($db, $user, $pass, $extension);
    }
    catch (Exception $e)
    {
        echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
        exit();
    }

$ToolkitServiceObj->setToolkitServiceParams(array('InternalKey'=>"/tmp/$user"));
$code = ‘1’;;
$desc = ' ';

$param[] = $ToolkitServiceObj->AddParameterChar('both', 10,'InventoryCode', 'code',
$code);
$param[] = $ToolkitServiceObj->AddParameterChar('both', 10,'Description', 'desc',
$desc);
$result = $ToolkitServiceObj->PgmCall("COMMONPGM", "ZENDSVR", $param, null, null);
if($result){
  showTable( $result['io_param']);
}
else
    echo "Execution failed.";

/* Do not use the disconnect() function for "state full" connection */
$ToolkitServiceObj->disconnect();
?>