return object in route - php

Question

I need to implement MinecraftQuery's class (https://github.com/xPaw/PHP-Minecraft-Query/blob/master/MinecraftQuery.class.php)
So far I have the PHP side working.
This resides in HomeController.
public function mcQuery($ip, $port)
{
$Query = new MinecraftQuery();
try
{
$host = $this->getHost($ip, $port);
$Query->Connect( $host["ip"], $host["port"] );
return $Query;
}
catch( MinecraftQueryException $e )
{
return false;
}
}
public function getHost($address, $port)
{
$result = dns_get_record("_minecraft._tcp.$address", DNS_SRV);
if ($result) {
$priority = 0;
$valid = 0;
foreach ($result as $v) {
$type = $v['type'];
$pri = $v['pri'];
$targetPort = $v['port'];
$target = $v['target'];
if ($type=="SRV") {
if ($valid==0 || $pri <= $priority) {
$address = $target;
$port = $targetPort;
$priority = $pri;
$valid = 1;
}
}
}
} else {
$address = gethostbyname($address.'.');
if(filter_var($address, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) != $address) {
throw new \Exception("Not a valid ip address: " . $address . "\n");
}
}
return [ 'ip' => $address, 'port' => $port ];
}
}
This works - by itself anyways, but the next problem is actually returning the response to the route so I can use it via javascript
This is all I have...
Route::get('/servers', function(){
$ip = Input::get('ip');
$port = Input::get('port');
$home = App::make('HomeController');
$info = $home->mcQuery($ip, $port);
return $info
});
This returns an error, though. When I visit http://mysite.dev/servers?ip=lorem.someip.com&port=25564
I get...
The Response content must be a string or object implementing __toString(), "object" given.
However, doing a dd($info) instead returns...
object(MinecraftQuery)#130 (3) {
["Socket":"MinecraftQuery":private]=>
resource(48) of type (Unknown)
["Players":"MinecraftQuery":private]=>
NULL
["Info":"MinecraftQuery":private]=>
array(10) {
["HostName"]=>
string(37) "Some Name!"
["GameType"]=>
string(3) "SMP"
["Version"]=>
string(5) "1.7.9"
// ...
}
}
I've never seen an array with :private before and Im assuming that is apart of the problem. But this is the object I am trying to return.
Oh, and for the last bit, this is how I'm trying to get this data..
serversObj.each(function(index, el) {
// serverObj is like 4 divs
var serverIp = $(this).data('ip');
var serverPort = $(this).data('port');
var serverStatus = $(this).find('.status');
$.ajax({
url: '/servers',
type: 'GET',
data: {ip: serverIp, port: serverPort},
})
.done(function(data) {
console.log("success: \n" + data);
})
.fail(function(ex) {
console.log(ex);
return false;
});
});
But of course returns a 500 server error unless I do dd() in the route instead.
So how can I get the correct data to return?

Answer 1

You may try this:
return Response::json($info->GetInfo());
In the done method try:
done(function(data) {
var object = $.parseJSON(data);
console.log(object);
})

Answer 2

Looking at the class, it seems that you want the GetInfo() method. This example should work:
$Query = new MinecraftQuery();
$host = $this->getHost($ip, $port);
$Query->Connect( $host["ip"], $host["port"] );
var_dump($Query->GetInfo());