Communicate with a library's integrated library system (ILS) via 3M's SIP2 (Standard Interchange Protocol).

Using this class a programmer will be able to communicate with a library's integrated library system (ILS) via 3M's SIP2 (Standard Interchange Protocol).

This project is a work in progress, and as such there may be certain features that do not work correctly.

###Links

• 3M SIP2 documentation
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Introduction Using the PHP-SIP2 library is fairly straightforward. Include the class in your PHP file, create a new object, populate the settings, then request data. This example works against a server that does not require a login step. It is trivial to add if needed by your ILS.

####Details <?php /* Sample code to test the SIP2 library * * Author: John Wohlers * */

    // Include class library 
    include('php-sip2/sip2.class.php');
    
    // create object
    $mysip = new sip2;
    
    // Set host name
    
    $mysip->hostname = 'server.example.com';
    
    $mysip->port = 6002;
    
    // connect to SIP server 
    $result = $mysip->connect();
    
    //send selfcheck status message
    $in = $mysip->msgSCStatus();
    $result = $mysip->parseACSStatusResponse($mysip->get_message($in));
    
    /*  Use result to populate SIP2 setings 
    *   (In the real world, you should check for an actual value 
    *   before trying to use it... but this is a simple example)
    */
    $mysip->AO = $result['variable']['AO'][0]; /* set AO to value returned */
    $mysip->AN = $result['variable']['AN'][0]; /* set AN to value returned */
    
    // Identify a patron
    $mysip->patron = '101010101';
    $mysip->patronpwd = '010101';
    
    // Get Charged Items Raw response
    $in = $mysip->msgPatronInformation('charged');
    
    // parse the raw response into an array
    $result = $mysip->parsePatronInfoResponse( $mysip->get_message($in) );
    
    // Display Array contents
    print_r ($result);
    ?>