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Vyasa
Vyasa

Reputation: 33

iphone development - Testing App on real device with PHP and Mysql

I developed an iPhone application which uses some PHP code and a MySQL database. To test this app in a real device, does Apple provide a webserver on iOS or not? In my code I am running PHP code using URLs like this:

http://localhost/GetUserlist.php

So, to test this in a real device, does Apple provide a webserver or not? Do we need to host our own files in our own server for this?

Please help me in this regard.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 237

Answers (2)

Joshua - Pendo
Joshua - Pendo

Reputation: 4371

I've thought about this a dozen times already but I haven't tried anything so far. I'm pretty sure using PHP/MySQL is a no-go on an iPhone, I think you should host these files somewhere else and basically export the data in JSON or XML. Then you could use a mobile javascript framework to get the data and use it within your application.

PhoneGap is one of these frameworks, I also believe that using jQuery/jQuery Mobile can be done without any problems together with PhoneGap... Furthermore PhoneGap gives you the ability to use CSS/HTML for the design.

On the other hand: if PHP/SQL is really what you need (and thus also an internet connection), why not just create an online app/website for mobile phones? In my opinion it's only worth creating an app if you save data locally on the mobile phone to access even without a working internet connection.

Upvotes: 0

Björn Kaiser
Björn Kaiser

Reputation: 9912

There is no implemented web server on the iPhone and Apple does not provide such services for developers. You need to host the PHP/MySQL on your own server.

Upvotes: 2

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