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snmp_set_valueretrieval

Specify the method how the SNMP values will be returned

Description

true snmp_set_valueretrieval(int $method)

Parameters

method
types
SNMP_VALUE_LIBRARY The return values will be as returned by the Net-SNMP library.
SNMP_VALUE_PLAIN The return values will be the plain value without the SNMP type information.
SNMP_VALUE_OBJECT The return values will be objects with the properties value and type, where the latter is one of the SNMP_OCTET_STR, SNMP_COUNTER etc. constants. The way value is returned is based on which one of constants SNMP_VALUE_LIBRARY, SNMP_VALUE_PLAIN is set.

Return Values

Always returns true.

Changelog

Version Description
8.2.0 The return type is true now; previously, it was bool.

Examples

Example #1 Using snmp_set_valueretrieval 

<?php
 snmp_set_valueretrieval(SNMP_VALUE_LIBRARY);
 $ret = snmpget('localhost', 'public', 'IF-MIB::ifName.1');
 // $ret = "STRING: lo"

 snmp_set_valueretrieval(SNMP_VALUE_PLAIN);
 $ret = snmpget('localhost', 'public', 'IF-MIB::ifName.1');
 // $ret = "lo";

 snmp_set_valueretrieval(SNMP_VALUE_OBJECT);
 $ret = snmpget('localhost', 'public', 'IF-MIB::ifName.1');
 // stdClass Object
 // (
 //   [type] => 4        <-- SNMP_OCTET_STR, see constants
 //   [value] => lo
 // )

 snmp_set_valueretrieval(SNMP_VALUE_OBJECT | SNMP_VALUE_PLAIN);
 $ret = snmpget('localhost', 'public', 'IF-MIB::ifName.1');
 // stdClass Object
 // (
 //   [type] => 4        <-- SNMP_OCTET_STR, see constants
 //   [value] => lo
 // )

 snmp_set_valueretrieval(SNMP_VALUE_OBJECT | SNMP_VALUE_LIBRARY);
 $ret = snmpget('localhost', 'public', 'IF-MIB::ifName.1');
 // stdClass Object
 // (
 //   [type] => 4        <-- SNMP_OCTET_STR, see constants
 //   [value] => STRING: lo
 // )

?>

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