PHP Mysql insert statement from a function - php

Question

This code gets values from a database and forms a sms template and then passes the moble number and message to webservice to send the sms. It's part of a function wall().....
$name = $resultarr['name'];
$amount = $resultarr['amount'];
$transaction_id = $resultarr['trans_id'];
$date = $resultarr['time_paid'];
//message template
$message = "Dear $name we have received $amount from you. MPESA transaction Id $transaction_id on $date.";
$mobilenumber = $resultarr['msisdn']; // get mobile number from array
$message_sent = $message;
$serviceArguments = array(
"mobilenumber" => $mobilenumber,
"message" => $message_sent
);
$client = new SoapClient("http://59.38.606.10:8080/smsengine/smsws?WSDL");
$result = $client->process($serviceArguments);
grabdetails($message_sent, $mobilenumber);
return $result;
}
//I call the function wall() to send sms
wall();
$perm = wall();
$status = $sperm->return; //outputing the status
// Here I want to capture the $status variable and put it in a db below
echo "$status";
function grabdetails($messagee, $mobno)
{
$message_sent = $messagee;
$mobilenumber = $mobno;
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "smsdb";
// Create connection
// Check connection
$sql = "INSERT INTO smsdb (sms_text, receiver_number, time_sent, status)
VALUES
('$message_sent', '$mobilenumber', NOW(), $status )";
Question is how do I grab $status ind insert it into the db since its not in the function? Kindly. help, anyone?

Answer 1

The code above is not complete, but I assume that the function on top where you do $client = new SoapClient("http://59.38.606.10:8080/smsengine/smsws?WSDL"); is actually the wall function. If so, then what that function returns, i.e. $result actually has the status you need. So with this code snippet (assuming $sperm is a typo and should actually be $perm, the response from the wall function), you get the response from wall(), which is an object and has the status you need.
$perm = wall();
$status = $sperm->return; //outputing the status
// Here I want to capture the $status variable and put it in a db below
echo "$status";
If that's right, then before calling grabdetails in the wall function, you actually have the status and you can send it to the function like this:
grabdetails($message_sent, $mobilenumber, $result->return);
And then change the definition of the grabdetails to receive the status as well and use it in the DB insert.