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Owen McAlack
Owen McAlack

Reputation: 399

Salesforce API: Error on ->update(), "INVALID_TYPE: Must send a concrete entity type."

I've been researching this and trying many variations based off my understanding of how to update a record in an SObject, but I keep getting the following error:

SoapFault exception: [sf:INVALID_TYPE] INVALID_TYPE: Must send a concrete entity type. in /home/public_html/soapclient/SforceBaseClient.php:509

I am able to login successfully to the page, but when I execute the code below, I am getting the error listed above.

    $fieldsToUpdate = array (
        "Name"=>$_POST['Name']
    );

    $sObject = new SObject();
    $sObject->Id = $_POST['prospectID']; // this is the Id of the record
    $sObject->fields = $fieldsToUpdate;
    $sObject->type = 'Prospect__c'; // this is the API name of custom object

    try {
        $response = $mySforceConnection->update($sObject);
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        echo $e;
    }

I am using PHP Toolkit 13.0 from the Force.com developer docs, but not able to get to the bottom of this error. Also, I am using the Enterprise WSDL in sandbox mode, and have the proper wsdl xml assigned.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7545

Answers (3)

Amit yadav
Amit yadav

Reputation: 91

if your are using Partner wsdl 

 <?php
    // SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR - folder that contains the PHP Toolkit and your WSDL
    // $USERNAME - variable that contains your Salesforce.com username (must be in the form of an email)
    // $PASSWORD - variable that contains your Salesforce.com password

    define("SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR", "../../soapclient");
    require_once (SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/SforcePartnerClient.php');
    require_once ('../userAuth.php');

    try {
      $mySforceConnection = new SforcePartnerClient();
      $mySoapClient = $mySforceConnection->createConnection(SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/partner.wsdl.xml');
      $mylogin = $mySforceConnection->login($USERNAME, $PASSWORD);

    /*--------------------------------------------------------\
    | Please manage the values for OBJECT ID from file 
    | userAuth.php
    \--------------------------------------------------------*/

      $fieldsToUpdate = array (
      'FirstName' => 'testupdate',
      'City' => 'testupdateCity',
      'Country' => 'US'
      );
      $sObject1 = new SObject();
      $sObject1->fields = $fieldsToUpdate;
      $sObject1->type = 'Lead';
      $sObject1->Id = $UPDATEOBJECTID1;

      $fieldsToUpdate = array (
      'FirstName' => 'testupdate',
      'City' => 'testupdate',
      'State' => 'testupdate',
      'Country' => 'US'
      );
      $sObject2 = new SObject();
      $sObject2->fields = $fieldsToUpdate;
      $sObject2->type = 'Lead';
      $sObject2->Id = $UPDATEOBJECTID2;
      $sObject2->fieldsToNull = array('Fax', 'Email');

      $response = $mySforceConnection->update(array ($sObject1, $sObject2));

      print_r($response);

    } catch (Exception $e) {
      print_r($mySforceConnection->getLastRequest());
      echo $e->faultstring;
    }
?>

else for enterprises wsdl use

<?php
// SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR - folder that contains the PHP Toolkit and your WSDL
// $USERNAME - variable that contains your Salesforce.com username (must be in the form of an email)
// $PASSWORD - variable that contains your Salesforce.com password

define("SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR", "../../soapclient");
require_once (SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/SforceEnterpriseClient.php');
require_once ('../userAuth.php');

try {
  $mySforceConnection = new SforceEnterpriseClient();
  $mySoapClient = $mySforceConnection->createConnection(SOAP_CLIENT_BASEDIR.'/enterprise.wsdl.xml');
  $mylogin = $mySforceConnection->login($USERNAME, $PASSWORD);

/*--------------------------------------------------------\
| Please manage the values for OBJECT ID from file 
| userAuth.php
\--------------------------------------------------------*/

  $sObject1 = new stdclass();
  $sObject1->Id = $UPDATEOBJECTID1;
  $sObject1->FirstName = 'testupdate';
  $sObject1->City = 'testupdateCity';
  $sObject1->Country = 'US';

  $sObject2 = new stdclass();
  $sObject2->Id = $UPDATEOBJECTID2;
  $sObject2->FirstName = 'testupdate';
  $sObject2->City = 'testupdate';
  $sObject2->State = 'testupdate';
  $sObject2->Country = 'US';
  $sObject2->fieldsToNull = array('Fax', 'Email');

  $response = $mySforceConnection->update(array ($sObject1, $sObject2), 'Lead');

  print_r($response);

} catch (Exception $e) {
  print_r($mySforceConnection->getLastRequest());
  echo $e->faultstring;
}
?>

Upvotes: 0

kfriend
kfriend

Reputation: 2614

You need to supply an object type as the second update() argument. Also, the first argument of the update() method must be an array of objects you'd like to update:

$response = $mySforceConnection->update(array($object), 'Prospect__c');

Also, you do not need to use any object classes provided by the toolkit, a simple StdClass should work:

$prospect = new StdClass();
$prospect->Id = '006....';
$prospect->Name 'Foobar';
$response = $mySforceConnection->update(array($prospect), 'Prospect__c');

FYI, I have never found a way to update multiple object types at once, but you can update a batch of the same type of objects, hence why the first parameter needs to be an array. The Salesforce toolkit doesn't automatically account for someone passing a single object (i.e. it doesn't wrap it in an array for you). I have always used an abstraction layer between my application logic and Salesforce's SOAP toolkit, which provides conveniences like I just described.

Upvotes: 1

Adam Butler
Adam Butler

Reputation: 2753

sObject is the base type for all other Salesforce objects that can be updated. When using the enterprise API (SOAP), you'll need to pass instances that derive from sObject. (Lead, Contact, and Account are examples)

Here is the documentation for the update() method as well.

Upvotes: 1

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