Call to undefined method getFeature

[Christopher Wellen]

Thanks Pietro, though the reference did mention that the getShape method 
was deprecated in favor of the getFeature one. This begs the question of 
exactly how I would get the attributes associated with a particular shape.

Chris

Pietro Giannini wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
>
> there is no mapscript function layerobj::getFeature(), maybe you need the
> layeroby::getShape().
>
> (Effectively getFeature is a more exact name for this function: a "shape"
> don't have attributes, a "feature" is a shape with attributes)
>
> take a look here:
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/phpmapscript-class/classes/layerobj
>
> ciao
> .........................pg
>
>
>
>
> Pietro Giannini
> Bytewise srl - Area GIS
> 41°50'38.58"N 12°29'13.39"E
>
>
>
>
>   
>> *Hi all,
>>
>> I'm having some trouble getting the getFeature method to work on a layer
>> object. Here's the error I get:
>>
>> Fatal error*: Call to undefined method ms_layer_obj::getFeature() in
>> *C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\test.php* on line *10
>>
>> And the php code:
>>
>> <?php
>> dl("php_mapscript.dll");
>> dl("php_dbase.dll");
>> dl("php_curl.dll");
>>
>>
>> $shape_id = 1;
>> $map = ms_newMapObj("c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\es.map");
>> $this_layer = $map->getLayerByName('pn_points');
>> $attribute = $this_layer->getFeature(1, -1);
>> echo "ok";
>> ?>
>>
>> and the mapfile:
>>
>> # This is our fifth map file
>> NAME "es"
>> UNITS meters
>> EXTENT 167000 5814000 542300 5948000
>> SIZE 640 480
>> IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
>> IMAGETYPE PNG
>> SHAPEPATH "c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\wem\"
>> FONTSET "c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\fontset.txt"
>>
>> WEB
>>     IMAGEPATH "/ms_temp/"
>>     IMAGEURL "http://132.206.251.215/ms_temp/"
>> END
>>
>> #####################################
>> # placenames layer - points
>> #
>> LAYER
>>     NAME "pn_points"
>>     DATA "points_ID_real"
>>     STATUS on
>>     TYPE point
>>     CLASS
>>          STYLE
>>               SIZE 1
>>               COLOR 100 100 200
>>          END
>>     END
>> END
>>
>>
>> END # mapfile
>>
>> Any ideas? I'm totally stumped. I don't know if its the software
>> (mapserver
>> 4.10, mapscript 4.10, php 5)or a mistake I've made that is eluding me.
>> *
>>
>> --
>> Christopher Wellen
>> M.Sc. Candidate
>> Department of Geography
>> McGill University
>> Montreal, Quebec
>> Burnside Hall room 428
>> 805 Sherbrooke Street West
>> Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
>> skype: christopher.wellen
>> MSN: christopher.wellen at mail.mcgill.ca
>> home: 514-509-9476
>> cell: 514-585-5138
>>
>>     
>
>
>   


-- 
Christopher Wellen
M.Sc. Candidate
Department of Geography
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Burnside Hall room 428
805 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
skype: christopher.wellen
MSN: christopher.wellen at mail.mcgill.ca
home: 514-509-9476
cell: 514-585-5138