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abdn Customizing Object's layout using metadata API (PHP Toolkit)
HI...
I am developing a web application integrated with salesforce. I used REST API and SOAP API (PHP Toolkit) for integration. The application creates a custom field on Contact. This field must be shown on the Contact detail page hence must be added to Contact's layout. I am able to create the field by using metadata api by PHP coding but the problem is now how to add the field to the Contact's Layout. I read php toolkit documentations but did not found any help. Any one there got any Idea how to do this?
Layout uses file-based deploy/retrieve calls, which involve zipping and unzipping package directories. The PHP toolkit only supports CRUD operations, so it's not possible to do this from PHP without implementing a lot of code yourself.
You would need to add the deploy/retrieve calls, retrieve() the existing Layout as a zipped package directory, unzip it, parse the Layout XML, add your field, write the new Layout XML into the package directory, zip it up, and send it in a deploy() call as base64-encoded data.
Doable, but a LOT of work! You might do better with the Java WSC - there is sample code for deploy and retrieve.