Getting no response on Zoho API CRM - php

Question

I am trying to use getSearchRecordsByPDC method which can be found here https://www.zoho.com/crm/help/api/getsearchrecordsbypdc.html#Request_URL
I have this code:
private $token = '1234567890abcdefg';
public $responseType = 'xml';
public function getSearchRecordsByPDC($searchValue,$searchColumn='email')
{
$url = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/".$this->responseType."/Leads/getSearchRecordsByPDC?newFormat=1&authtoken=".$this->token."&scope=crmapi&selectColumns=Leads(First Name,Lead Source,Phone,Mobile,Website,Lead Status,Description,Last Name,Website,Email,Lead Owner)&searchColumn=$searchColumn&searchValue=$searchValue";
$result = $this->curlRequest($url);
return $result;
}
public function curlRequest($url)
{
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
$output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $output;
}
$data = $zoho->getSearchRecordsByPDC('my_email#gmail.com');
print_r($data);
I just posted some snippets of my code to not appear it to be very long.
When running this code. I am not getting any response, even an error message or whatsoever, like I am getting a blank response, no xml response or whatever. But when ever I try to copy and paste the $url variable output into my web browser, I am getting response, and those response are valid.
What's wrong with this? Your help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

It looks like you are mixing up OOP and procedural code. Try this:
class Zoho {
private $token = '1234567890abcdefg';
public $responseType = 'xml';
public function getSearchRecordsByPDC($searchValue,$searchColumn='email')
{
$url = "https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/".$this->responseType."/Leads/getSearchRecordsByPDC?newFormat=1&authtoken=".$this->token."&scope=crmapi&selectColumns=Leads(First Name,Lead Source,Phone,Mobile,Website,Lead Status,Description,Last Name,Website,Email,Lead Owner)&searchColumn=$searchColumn&searchValue=$searchValue";
$result = $this->curlRequest($url);
return $result;
}
public function curlRequest($url)
{
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
$output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $output;
}
}
$zoho = new Zoho;
$data = $zoho->getSearchRecordsByPDC('my_email#gmail.com');
print_r($data);