Azure Mobile Service, making HTTP calls via PHP - php

Question

I have created a demo app, "todo" app. I am using mobile service of windows azure. Hence I have a database called "todo" and tables inside it. Now I can access this database from android java code(as seen in tutorials). But now I have a website that need to access this database created by android app. Can PHP access this mobile service database anyhow?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The database created as part of the Windows Azure Mobile Services creation is 'just' a Windows Azure SQL database instance meaning you could use the SQL Server Driver for PHP to connect to it.
See how to article here, an extract -
<?php
$serverName = "tcp:ProvideServerName.database.windows.net,1433";
$userName = 'ProvideUserName#ProvideServerName';
$userPassword = 'ProvidePassword';
$dbName = "TestDB";
$table = "tablePHP";
$connectionInfo = array("Database"=>$dbName, "UID"=>$userName, "PWD"=>$userPassword, "MultipleActiveResultSets"=>true);
sqlsrv_configure('WarningsReturnAsErrors', 0);
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);
if($conn === false)
{
FatalError("Failed to connect...");
}
CreateTable($conn, $table, "Col1 int primary key, Col2 varchar(20)");
$tsql = "INSERT INTO [$table] (Col1, Col2) VALUES (1, 'string1'), (2, 'string2')";
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql);
if ($stmt === false)
{
FatalError("Failed to insert data into test table: ".$tsql);
}
sqlsrv_free_stmt($stmt);
$tsql = "SELECT Col1, Col2 FROM [$table]";
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql);
if ($stmt === false)
{
FatalError("Failed to query test table: ".$tsql);
}
else
{
while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($stmt, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC))
{
echo "Col1: ".$row[0]."\n";
echo "Col2: ".$row[1]."\n";
}
sqlsrv_free_stmt($stmt);
}
sqlsrv_close($conn);
function CreateTable($conn, $tableName, $dataType)
{
$sql = "CREATE TABLE [$tableName] ($dataType)";
DropTable($conn,$tableName);
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $sql);
if ($stmt === false)
{
FatalError("Failed to create test table: ".$sql);
}
sqlsrv_free_stmt($stmt);
}
function DropTable($conn, $tableName)
{
$stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, "DROP TABLE [$tableName]");
if ($stmt === false)
{
}
else
{
sqlsrv_free_stmt($stmt);
}
}
function FatalError($errorMsg)
{
Handle_Errors();
die($errorMsg."\n");
}
function Handle_Errors()
{
$errors = sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ERRORS);
$count = count($errors);
if($count == 0)
{
$errors = sqlsrv_errors(SQLSRV_ERR_ALL);
$count = count($errors);
}
if($count > 0)
{
for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++)
{
echo $errors[$i]['message']."\n";
}
}
}
?>

Answer 2

The Azure web site has a dedicated PHP section. Check out the link below to find some examples.
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/php/