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iOS

Posted by Michael Voccola
Michael Voccola
1,758 Points

Swift, iOS, FileMaker and PHP

I have a database that is currently built and hosted completely within FileMaker Server Advanced 13 and would like to access it within a native iOS application. FileMaker's PHP engine allows you to access existing scripts etc... which should make things a bit easier, but I am having trouble finding the information to just get the connection going as I don't know Objective-C and just started learning Swift and PHP.

For reference, the portion of the system I would like to replicate in a native iOS app scans barcodes on an iPhone and generates a record in the FileMaker database. For now though, I have created and hosted a database that is a basic address book just to get a feel for how this is all going to work.

That said, I am looking for some guidance in creating the basis of communication between iOS and FileMaker's PHP server using Swift as a language. There are a few articles on this out there, but they are in Objective-C and none of them are specifically geared towards FileMaker.

Here is some information on FileMaker PHP API: http://www.filemaker.com/support/technologies/php.html

https://fmhelp.filemaker.com/docs/13/en/fms13_cwp_php.pdf

Any help is greatly appreciated!