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PHP

Posted by Mike Zhu
Mike Zhu
1,840 Points

Asking about how to build an iOS app server.

Basically, I am a student preparing for my final year project, and I plan to build a social network app using iOS platform.

The app will have the functions such as, user log in, sign up, checking users nearby, chatting room.

Now I am familiar with Objective-C, but I am not sure what knowledge should I learn.

Now I am learning PHP, and I am really confused whether it will work.

2 Answers

mikescs
mikescs
5,018 Points
mikescs
mikescs
5,018 Points

it should work...though you should be more specific with your question.

Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points
Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points

I believe you are asking if you will be able to use PHP to manipulate and store the data sent from your app. If you are then you are correct. What you would do would be something like this:

When the app loads it requests data from they PHP page I assume Objective-C has a library for this.

Then the PHP page will request the data from the database and then it will send that data back out to the app.

The app proccess the data however you told it to.

When the user inputs data which is sent to the PHP page.

The PHP sends it to the database and stores it for later.

CHating may be a little more complicated if you want it to be an instant messenger but that is the basic of how that app could work.