Store iOS device token to a MySQL database - php

Question

I would like to get ready for production with APNS, and I am assuming the best (only, easiest?) way is to store the device IDs that sign up for push in a database (assuming SQL) and then having the PHP script (somehow?) send it to all of them (for loop?) instead of just one (deviceToken - mine)like I have now.
This is what I currently have in my AppDelegate.m:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Let the device know we want to receive push notifications
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert)];
return YES;
}
- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData*)deviceToken
{
NSLog(#“Token: %#", deviceToken);
}
- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError*)error
{
NSLog(#"Failed to get token, error: %#", error);
}
So here I am just logging the users deviceToken, and then I manually copied and pasted that into my PHP script which goes something like this:
<?php
// Put your device token here (without spaces):
$deviceToken = '[device token here]';
// Put your private key's passphrase here:
$passphrase = '[passphrase here]';
// Put your alert message here:
$message = 'Hello, there!';
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$ctx = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'ck.pem');
stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', $passphrase);
// Open a connection to the APNS server
$fp = stream_socket_client(
'ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195', $err,
$errstr, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT|STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $ctx);
if (!$fp)
exit("Failed to connect: $err $errstr" . PHP_EOL);
echo 'Connected to APNS' . PHP_EOL;
// Create the payload body
$body['aps'] = array(
'alert' => $message,
'sound' => 'default'
);
// Encode the payload as JSON
$payload = json_encode($body);
// Build the binary notification
$msg = chr(0) . pack('n', 32) . pack('H*', $deviceToken) . pack('n', strlen($payload)) . $payload;
// Send it to the server
$result = fwrite($fp, $msg, strlen($msg));
if (!$result)
echo 'Message not delivered' . PHP_EOL;
else
echo 'Message successfully delivered' . PHP_EOL;
// Close the connection to the server
fclose($fp);
So what I need help with is making a connection to my server's database (MySQL) and storing the deviceToken. Then I need to loop the PHP into sending the notification to all the devices.
Let me know if I need to clarify on anything.
Thank you.

Answer 1

For storing device token in your MySQL database, you must create a seperate API.
For Ex. calling http://example.com/saveDeviceToken with device token.
At the time notification registration(didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken), you must call this API with parameter as your device token.
In this API you can fetch the device token and save it to your database.
Then in your above code you just fetch the device token from your DB.