client_utilities.php

<?php
/*
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 */
 
session_start();
require_once 'config.php';

function call_handler($call_vars) //Call the web service from PHP.   The service could also be called from an external application.
{
  global $handler_url;
  $call_vars["user"]=$_SESSION["user"];
  $call_vars["session_key"]=$_SESSION["session_key"];
  $json_request=json_encode($call_vars);
  $service_request = "service_request=" . $json_request . "&";
  $ch = curl_init($handler_url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $service_request);
  $result = curl_exec($ch);
  $return_vars=json_decode($result,TRUE,512);
  $_SESSION["session_key"]=$return_vars["session_key"];
  return $return_vars;
}

?>