Android sending data to php function - php

Question

I havnt been able to find a guide on how to submit data to a database from android through php.
say for instance i have the following site:
function insert($var1) {
// mysql inserting a new row
$result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO report (name) VALUES ('$var1')");
// check if row inserted or not
if ($result) {
// successfully inserted into database;
$msg = "Message received.";
} else {
$msg = "Not received.";
}
return ($msg);
}
if (isset($_POST['name'])) {
$name = $_POST['name']);
insert($name);
} else {
echo "No input.";
}
How would i call this from my Android project?

Answer 1

You can refer to this tutorial but you do need a web-server for it.
Request mechanism Android App ----> webserver ------> database (mysql)
Respond mechanism Android App <---- webserver <------ database (mysql)
Android App will use JSON or other to get the data and display it
PHP Code
<?php
$con=mysql_connect("host","username");
if(!$con)
{
die("Could Not Connect".mysql_error());
}
$db="CREATE DATABASE login";
mysql_query($db,$con);
mysql_select_db("login",$con);
$tab="CREATE TABLE info(FirstName varchar(20),LastName varchar(20))";
mysql_query($tab,$con);
$user_fname=$_POST['fn'];
$user_lname=$_POST['ln'];
$row= mysql_query("INSERT INTO info (FirstName,LastName) VALUES('$user_fname', '$user_lname')");
if ($row) {
// successfully inserted into database
$response["success"] = 1;
$response["message"] = "Product successfully created.";
echo $row;
}
mysql_close($con);
?>
Sending the Data (Android)
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://127.0.0.1:4001/file.php");
List<NameValuePair> pair=new ArrayList<NameValuePair>(2);
pair.add(new BasicNameValuePair("fn",fname));
pair.add(new BasicNameValuePair("ln",lname));
httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(pair));
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);