Http post request from Swift to a php script - php

Question

I have a php script name UserRegister.php. In this script I have some Post variables. These variable comes from my iOS app and then the script should save it to my mysql database.
my .php script
require("Conn.php");
require("MySQLDao.php");
$name=htmlentities($_POST["name"]);
$email=htmlentities($_POST["email"]);
$password=htmlentities($_POST["password"]);
$returnValue = array();
if(empty($email) || empty($password))
{
$returnValue["status"] = "error";
$returnValue["message"] = "Missing required field";
echo json_encode($returnValue);
return;
}
$dao = new MySQLDao();
$dao->openConnection();
$userDetails = $dao->getUserDetails($email);
if(!empty($userDetails))
{
$returnValue["status"] = "error";
$returnValue["message"] = "User already exists";
echo json_encode($returnValue);
return;
}
$secure_password = md5($password);
$result = $dao->registerUser($name, $email, $secure_password);
if($result)
{
$returnValue["status"] = "Success";
$returnValue["message"] = "User is registered";
echo json_encode($returnValue);
return;
}
$dao->closeConnection();
my swift code
//Store data
//Send user data to server side
let myURL: NSURL! = NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8888/iOSDatabase/UserRegister.php")
let request: NSMutableURLRequest = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: myURL!)
request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
let postString = "name=" + UserName + "&email=" + UserEmail + "&password=" + UserPassword
println(postString)
request.HTTPBody = postString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request) {
data, response, error in
println("response =\(response)")
if error != nil {
println("error=\(error)")
return
}
var responseString = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
println("responseString =\(responseString)")
var err: NSError?
if var json: NSDictionary = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: .MutableContainers, error: &err) as? NSDictionary {
if error == nil
{
println(json)
}
}
}
task.resume()
I print out my response and get status code: 500 and in my header it says Connection = close. And it doesn't return any of the JSON file to my iOS app.

Answer 1

You are retrieving the variables using PHP's $_POST command but sending them using a GET request in Swift. You can change the request type in Swift using request.HTTPMethod = "GET" or alternatively use $_GET in PHP.