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twinaholic
twinaholic

Reputation: 125

Can I use PHP for mobile app development to send HTML form to email

I'm looking into creating an html app with Cordova. Now I know how to create a form for a website and using PHP to mail the form but my concern is, Would I be able to use PHP with my app to mail the form to an email? is there an article I can read that is relevant to my current situation? or maybe if you can refer me to another coding language I can use to substitute PHP if I cant use PHP to mail the form I hope I can use stack overflow to ask the question, Thanks!.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 162

Answers (1)

Jose Rojas
Jose Rojas

Reputation: 3520

The Answer is yes, I think you're confusing PHP (Backend language that runs at the server side) with Cordova( Hybrid-platform, client-side), Cordova by itself won't send the email with the form. unless you want cordova to work as mailer, here there is a plugin that let you send e-mail without backend https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-email-composer, using some of your accounts.

from Plugin documentation:

The Email service is only available on devices which have configured an email account...

PHP let you to send the email from the server but for PHP render a HTML page in your Cordova Application must be through a WebView pointing to the url. by the other hand you can make the form in your Cordova Application with sources in your client-side and connect it through service. Make an request from your app with the data and receive it with PHP and make your business.

Upvotes: 1

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