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I am getting errors because crm_get_contact() doesn't find a contact, but crm_create_contact() discovers that it exists and throws an error.

Using CiviCRM version 1.7.9379 (Drupal 5.1, PHP 5.1.6); the code:


$get_contact = crm_get_contact( $crm_params );
if ( get_class( $get_contact ) == 'CRM_Contact_BAO_Contact' ) {
   $contact = crm_update_contact($get_contact, $crm_contact);
} else {
   $contact = crm_create_contact($crm_contact, 'Organization');
}


These are the variable values for one such error:

Used for crm_get_contact():
$crm_params = array(3) { ["contact_type"]=>  string(12) "Organization" ["organization_name"]=>  string(20) "Dark City Coffee Co." ["email"]=>  string(26) "raymond@darkcitycoffee.com" }

Used for crm_create_contact():
$crm_contact = array(5) { ["external_identifier"]=> string(4) "1139" ["organization_name"]=> string(20) "Dark City Coffee Co." ["email"]=> string(26) "raymond@darkcitycoffee.com" ["home_URL"]=> string(29) "http://www.darkcitycoffee.com" ["custom_42"]=> string(7) "Coffee " }

Is there a problem with crm_get_contact()? Do I need to resort to using the Search APIs?

Steve:

Sorry for the delayed response, a few things:

1. Can u remove the 'email' parameter from get_contact / search_contact and see if that works. (i suspect it will!)

2. If so, can u file an issue against 1.8

3. If not, can u get on IRC

thanx

lobo