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Ayush
Ayush

Reputation: 42450

How best to integrate mobile services with CodeIgniter?

I have a website that I built on the CodeIgniter framework. It implements the MVC architecture.

My dilemma is: I am developing applications for mobiles. A little research told me that mobile apps cannot connect directly to MySQL databases and thus, I need to have a service layer in between - in my case, they will be PHP scripts.

Is it possible (and should I) for me to integrate these scripts into my MVC architecture. If yes, how should I go about it?

Currently, I have this in mind:

Would that be the correct way to implement it?

This is my first time implementing something like this so I want to make sure I'm not missing something.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1563

Answers (2)

swatkins
swatkins

Reputation: 13640

Better yet, create a full REST server for your mobile app to use. You can get an idea of how easy it is with this tutorial:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/working-with-restful-services-in-codeigniter-2/

This will have a link to the library as well,

Upvotes: 2

Seder
Seder

Reputation: 2763

You are right and I suggest that you encrypt the data before encoding it as JSON and decode it on the mobile if the data is secure and also test weather the the request from a mobile device or not you can achieve this by sending parameters with the request and check it on the server to avoid direct access Good Luck

Upvotes: 0

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