Mantis #46258: Fix SOAP Service Argument Type Error – Fetch User Data for Roles

[GitHamo]

This PR addresses the issue outlined in Mantis ticket #46258, where a SOAP request to the getUsersForContainer endpoint was returning a SOAP-ENV:Server error due to an incorrect argument type.
The code has been updated to fetch user data instead of just user IDs for each role, resolving the type mismatch.

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⚠️ PR is for release_9 but should be cherry-picked in release_10, release_11 and trunk.

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CURL example Replace placeholder values to your values:

curl --location 'http://<ILIAS_URL>/webservice/soap/server.php' \
--header 'SOAPAction;' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8' \
--data '<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:ilUserAdministration">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <urn:getUsersForContainer soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
         <sid xsi:type="xsd:string"><REPLACE_WITH_SID>::<REPLACE_WITH_CLIENT_NAME></sid>
         <ref_id xsi:type="xsd:int"><REPLACE_WITH_EXISTING_REF_ID></ref_id>
         <attach_roles xsi:type="xsd:int">1</attach_roles>
         <active xsi:type="xsd:int">1</active>
      </urn:getUsersForContainer>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
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Test Steps:

• Enable SOAP on the ILIAS server.
• Make a SOAP request with the following body:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:ilUserAdministration">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <urn:getUsersForContainer soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
         <sid xsi:type="xsd:string">REPLACE_WITH_SID::REPLACE_WITH_CLIENT_NAME</sid>
         <ref_id xsi:type="xsd:int">REPLACE_WITH_EXISTING_REF_ID</ref_id>
         <attach_roles xsi:type="xsd:int">1</attach_roles>
         <active xsi:type="xsd:int">1</active>
      </urn:getUsersForContainer>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Expected Result:

A 200 OK response with the following XML:

<ns1:getUsersForContainerResponse><user_xml xsi:type="xsd:string">ENCODED_XML</user_xml></ns1:getUsersForContainerResponse>

Actual Result Before Fix:

The request results in the following error:

<SOAP-ENV:Fault>
    <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server</faultcode>
    <faultstring>ilUserXMLWriter::__handleUser(): Argument #1 ($row) must be of type array, int given, called in /var/www/html/ilias9/Services/User/classes/class.ilUserXMLWriter.php on line 82</faultstring>
</SOAP-ENV:Fault>

[sKarki999]

Hi @GitHamo ,

Thanks for the PR. I have tested. Looks good to me. However, since we are not fixing for release 9 anymore, but this occurs in latest versions, we will need to pick this to other versions. Will you provide PRs for ilias 10, 11 and trunk ?
Thank you :)

Kind regards,
Sagun

[GitHamo]

@sKarki999 I have created a PR #11315 for trunk, then we could cherry-pick it in ilias_10 and ilias_11, then close this PR.