Mailchimp API

"Ping" the MailChimp API - a simple method you can call that will return a constant value as long as everything is good. Note than unlike most all of our methods, we don't throw an Exception if we are having issues. You will simply receive a different string back that will explain our view on what is going on.

Section:

Helper

Parameters:

apikey a valid API Key for your user account. Get by calling login()

Returns:

string   -  returns "Everything's Chimpy!" if everything is chimpy, otherwise returns an error message

Examples (1)

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[1] xml-rpc_ping.php

<?php
/**
This Example shows how execute a ping and check the result using XML-RPC.
Note that we are using the PEAR XML-RPC client and recommend others do as well.
**/
require_once 'XML/RPC2/Client.php';
require_once 'inc/config.inc.php';
try {
    $client = XML_RPC2_Client::create($apiUrl);
 
	$result = $client->ping($apikey);
	if ($result == "Everything's Chimpy!"){
	    echo "Success, $result\n";
	} else {
	    echo "Problems are a foot: $result\n";
	}
} catch (XML_RPC2_FaultException $e){
	echo "ERROR!!!!\n";
	echo $e->getFaultCode()." : ".$e->getFaultString()."\n";
}