SugarCRM SOAP test call fails - soap

Question

I am attempting to test a SugarCRM Soap connection using the following code:
<?
define('sugarEntry', TRUE);
require_once('include/nusoap/nusoap.php');
$sugarclient = new nusoapclient('http://www.mycrmurl.com/soap.php?wsdl',true);
echo $sugarclient->call('test', 'test string');
?>
Unfortunately, the test call returns NULL. Thoughts on how to begin troubleshooting?

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with a SugarCRM SOAP method called test, so unless it's a custom method you made yourself, I'd try with some simple valid calls. (Tested with Sugar CE 6.2).
<?php
require_once('include/nusoap/lib/nusoap.php');
$myWsdl = 'http://www.mycrmurl.com/soap.php?wsdl';
$myAuth = array(
'user_name' => 'will',
'password' => MD5('will'),
'version' => '0.1'
);
$soapClient = new nusoap_client($myWsdl,true);
$loginParams = array('user_auth' => $myAuth, 'application_name' => 'MyApp');
$loginResult = $soapClient->call('login', $loginParams);
$sessionId = $loginResult['id'];
echo $sessionId;
?>
If the above still gives you problems, try the following:
Look in the web server log (Is the call getting through)
Enable the SugarCRM logging and set the level to debug
Either enable PHP error output or make PHP log errors to a log file
Use e.g. SoapUI to test SOAP call
See question 5396302 for a more thorough SOAP example
Check the SugarCRM SOAP documentation

Answer 2

Do this:
$result = $sugarclient->call('test', 'test string');
echo print_r ($result);
It will print the array result, if you just want to see the error description do this:
$result = $sugarclient->call('test', 'test string');
echo $result['error']['description'];
The result is a multidimensional array.