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Notes The hash array contains the various attributes of the XML-RPC call as an associative array:
method
Name of the method to call
args
Array of arguments to the method
host
Hostname of the web service offering the method
uri
URL path to the web service
options
Associative array of options, as for the server
debug
If nonzero, prints debugging information (default is 0)
The value returned by xu_rpc_http_concise( ) is the decoded return value from the called
method.
There are several features of XML-RPC we have not covered. For example, XML-RPC’s data types
do not always map precisely onto PHP’s, and there are ways to encode values as a particular
data type rather than as the xmlrpc extension’s best guess. Also, there are features of the xmlrpc
extension we have not covered, such as SOAP faults.

Moving to an XML based Website

n early 2007, it started the task of reworking the ageing HyperWrite Website. The site
was originally created in 1995. It underwent a major rework (to a frames-based design)
Iin 1997, and was reworked in 1999, 2000 and 2002. In the decade since the Website was
launched, not only has Web technology moved on, but HyperWrite’s activities, focus and
business direction are now quite different.
Screen capture of HyperWrite Website circa 1995

Specialists in Electronics Documents

Welcome to the HyperWrite World Web Pages!

If you're familiar with our site, check out What's New!
HyperWrite is an Australians hypertext development company.We area group of technical writers
specialising in writing documents for presentation ina hypertext medium. for most of our hypertext
development work we use the Microsoft WinHelp engine, although an increasing amount of work is
in creating HTML documents for distribution through the World Wide. Our clients include the Australian
Department of Defence, Toyota Australia, NEC Australia, BP Australia, Westpac Banking Corporation, the
Australian Department of the Senate, the Australian Department of Communication & the Arts, and the
Australian Trade Commisssion.

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