MultiChain-API-PHP

A simple class for making calls to Multichain's API using PHP.

Forked from EasyBitcoin-PHP, Copyright (c) 2013 Andrew LeCody https://github.com/aceat64/EasyMultiChain-PHP

Getting Started

1. Include multichain-api.php into your PHP script:

   require_once('multichain-api.php');

2. Initialize MultiChain connection/object:

   $MultiChain = new MultiChain('username','password','localhost','2286', null, 5);

   Check, if initialization worked (i.e. curl is installed)

   if (!$MultiChain->initOK) {
       echo($MultiChain->error);
       exit();
   }

   If you wish to make an SSL connection you can set an optional CA certificate or leave blank

   $MultiChain->setSSL('/full/path/to/mycertificate.cert');

3. Make calls to multichaind as methods for your object. Examples:

   $MultiChain->getinfo();
   
   $MultiChain->getrawtransaction('0e3e2357e806b6cdb1f70b54c3a3a17b6714ee1f0e68bebb44a74b1efd512098',1);
   
   $MultiChain->getblock('000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f');

   If you called 'getinfo()' at least once, the major version of multichaind is set as integer in $this->versionMajor as well as $this->nodeversion and $this->protocolversion

   $res = $MultiChain->getinfo();
   if ($MultiChain->versionMajor == 2) {
     // code, which is for new versions only ...
   } 
   // show versions of node and protocol
   echo("### nodeversion: $chain->nodeVersion\r\n");
   echo("### protocolversion: $chain->protocolVersion\r\n");

Additional Info

• When a call fails for any reason, it will return false and put the error message in $MultiChain->error

• The HTTP status code can be found in $MultiChain->status and will either be a valid HTTP status code or will be 0 if cURL was unable to connect.

• The full response (not usually needed) is stored in $MultiChain->response while the raw JSON is stored in $MultiChain->raw_response