Was trying to play around with my brothers on this app, the goal of making this app is just for fun, not going to achieve anything on the security aspect, nothing much.
The last thing that I want to achieve is that I want to call a php file from my app.
From the tutorial I watched on youtube,
HttpWebRequest.Create(string.Format(#"http://192.168.0.101/load.php"))
This works fine as I call 'load.php' from my server(another machine on same network), then the file will establish the connection to an online database(freemysqlhosting), then the file will run some queries and display the return results on my app.
So my question is, what if I want to call the load.php somewhere but not from my server ?
Is it possible for the app to call the file directly from its directory ? Does app works in that way like php/c++ ?
Or must I buy some web hosting accounts to upload a single php file online so that my app can call it ?
You should load the PHP file from a server.
If you want to load a web server inside your app, first you have to code (or include) the web server code and then include the PHP binaries in your app for the architecture of your app
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I am 'new' to PHP so this question probably has a very obvious answer, so Ill apologize in advance.
Situation:
I am running a VueJS project, running it with npm run serve and then deploying it with npm run build to a laragon apache server with PHP 7 on it.
That all works great.
I am now moving from using our C# API which we have hosted and you hit it as a URL. To a PHP Api, this API is just set up with a straight connection to SQL using sqlsrv_connect. This is also working when I host it on apache/laragon in its own folder and hitting it on its own URL extension.
But what I was wanting to do ( and not sure if this is possible )
Is in my VueJS project put the .php files in a data folder and hit them like this fetch("src\data\GetSQLData.php?table=Clients&columns=top%2010ClientID"")
Is this possible, or should I rather have them hosted separately and use the URL method?
Buddy,
Vuejs is a front-end framework.What it means is, When you do npm run build then it will create bunch of js and html/css/image files on the server.Then you require a web server to server these files.
When you hit the url on your web-browser then all these files will download into
the web-browser and then execute over there.This is how front-end framework works in a nutshell.
PHP is a back-end scripting language.Which means it require back-end php engine to run and execute the code logic.So it has nothing to do with vuejs that is running on your web-browser.
Best possible way to connect these 2 applications is via API.You should request data from a php API which is running on back-end web server.
fetch('http://localhost/GetSQLData.php?table=Clients&columns=top%2010ClientID')
I have just created a simple REST Api following this small video using Slim Framework 3.x. I was just getting started and I followed the instructions in the video and created a simple route like this
$app->get('/', function($request, $response)
{
return 'Home';
});
This works on localserver (XAMP) when I open the link `
localserver/project_name/public/
` I get "Home" returned on the page.
After that I simply Zipped the project folder and uploaded it to my Web Hosting, htdocs folder. I extracted the zipped project, which included the "composer.phar" and "vendor" folder. I try the same thing again, i.e., I run the url
www.mysite.com/project_name/public/
All I've done is change "localserver" with www.mysite.com but the browser tells me that my domain
is currently unable to handle this request.
I know this might be something very obvious but I am a novice in php and REST Api's. So any help is appreciated. Also some things I think might matter are, The web hosting that I am using is Plesk based. I have a mysql database Running on the hosting and simple php files run when run individually. For example if I run simple call a test.php file with some database query in it and some echo, it will run successfully. Even if you can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. Oh, and I don't have access to php.ini on the hosting. I was only provided with one login that lets me login to the hosting and I can see htdocs folder among some others. I have attached an
image of the view I get after logging in, to give you more perspective of the type of hosting I have. I am hosting a website in the httpdocs directory as well. ASP.NET developed
I just need some direction as to what I need to do to be able to publish my REST api to my hosting and be able to access it through this android app that I am building. What do i need to do on my server? What settings to change to make the api work?
I created an app using PHP and it runs fine using the HTTP address in the Webview object.
When using locally, the PHP script does not work (putting all files in assets).
Is there a way for PHP pages to be loaded locally but to define the actual PHP part to be used at the webserver?
To clarify, all HTML content of the .php page will be used locally but when needed PHP code it will connect the webserver.
Thanks!
If you use a php content you should have Internet connection because php codes work on server side not local devices(some apk's install mysql+php in your android device but if you want to publish your apk this way wont work in all devices on local.)
Also if you want to make an offline project why dont you use javascript "To clarify, all HTML content of the .php page will be used locally"
Here you can download phpforandroid.apk to work on the local Click Here
I am working on a Android Application that has web view where i need to load html, jquery and js and php also. Now i am able to load html jquery css javascript , But my problem is i am unable to load php in web view in offline is there any way to execute php in web view
Please Help Me Thanks In Advance
You almost certainly don't want to run PHP on your Android. But in case you do, then you would want http://code.google.com/p/php-for-android/. Better link: http://phpforandroid.net/
PHP is a server side language. It cannot run inside the browser. It helps you to build the dynamic web pages.
You can call any web page in the webview when you are online. it doesn't matter what is the server side language.
When you are offline, you cannot send request to any server. so no question of executing any page.
You can do it easyly with AndroPhp, just search it in Google play and install.
Its like WampServer for Php+Mysql. You should run it than just create your PHP project under www/ folder and call it from Android webview 127.0.0.1:80/yourproject
This way you you have local server on your Android, you shouldnt code in Java for Android all you can code in PHP. Maybe it is not a elegant way to code for Android but works !!
For javascript and html files only, Dreamweaver's build app for android function seems to work great in cs 5.5. But when any php code is put in (for authentication, or for ajaxing in web service returns ) it seems that the android app just displays broken php code instead of executing it. When building the app, Dreamweaver won't even let you use a root php file in the project; it only seems to only accept html files.
Am I doing something wrong? Building apps out of web language-based files seems a lot less useful if server-side code isn't allowed.
Are there any other alternatives? Titanium studio looks really complicated, but I'm willing to read the docs if it's worth the time.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WSeffff8bffc80208478c8d43312e240fe0ad-8000.html
Indeed it only packages HTML, CSS and Javascript into an Android or iOS package.
I'm afraid you'll have to learn real Android development if you want something more complex.
Dreamweaver will package the files up just like you asked, however, the destination system is what runs the code. Android doesn't execute the PHP within the app. Your app has to connect with a remote server that is to handle the log in. Thinks of two separate apps, one on the phone and one on your server.
Android doesn't execute the PHP within the app. This is because PHP is a server side client and Not client side. Unless they create some inbuit servers within phones from which native apps can tap into. One option you can use is to use html files and within them, create links to php files which are in online servers so as to have your scripts executed.