NameBank Search method



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namebank_search($args)

A string-based names searching function that searches the nameBank component of TNS and returns an array of matching scientific and/or vernacular names.

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input arguments

element	type
$input_args["string"]	string	search string
$input["vernacularFlag"]	integer	returns vernacular names if > 0
$input["scientificFlag"]	integer	returns scientific names if > 0
$input["clientVersion"]	float	services version utilized by client
$input["requestorIP"]	string	clients acting as servers may optionally include the HTTP "REMOTE_ADDR" of their own requesting clients to provide more precise usage statistics to contributors
$input["order"]	string	returned results order by name, authority or, for vernacular names grouped by vernacular or scientific name. Valid options are "name," "authority," "vernacularName".

See the WSDL for a description of the returned data structure. All UTF-8 encoded text is output in base-64 encoding and must be decoded for display.