search in sap using sap_rfc

Question

I am using http://saprfc.sourceforge.net/ to connect to SAP and get results.

$fce = saprfc_function_discover($rfc,"ZBAPI_CUSTOMER");
$customerSAP="0000000000539";
$customerSAP=substr($customerSAP,-10);
$IMPORTT = array ("ZCUSTOMER" => $customerSAP );
saprfc_import ($fce,"CUSTOMERNO",$customerSAP);
saprfc_table_init ($fce,"ZBAPICUSTOMER");
saprfc_exception()
$rfc_rc = saprfc_call_and_receive ($fce);
saprfc_function_debug_info($fce);
saprfc_function_free($fce);
saprfc_close($rfc); 

This searches for only one customer.

Is there a way to make a search for a couple of customers using only http://saprfc.sourceforge.net/ and without creating a new connection?

Answer 1

This is not a question of the library you use to make the call, but rather of the function module you call. From the name ZBAPI_CUSTOMER I can see that it's a custom module, and that is about it. What it can do - that is, whether it can retrieve multiple customers - cannot be deduced from this. Contact your SAP department, they will most certainly be able to tell you more about this.

Answer 2

The logic of the BAPI may not support providing more than one customer record as an input. It looks like this custom BAPI may require a structure of data for the read action. If however the input type is a table then you could provide more than one record in the call. You would need to understand what the characterictics are of this custom BAPI the Z prefix indicates it is custom.