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April 20th, 2006, 06:30 AM

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Hi Friends,

I am new to WML and WAP stuff. I want to know whether I can send any text back to WAP server with the use of WML or I need additional script for this. I have to save that text
into a file in WAP server.

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April 21st, 2006, 12:12 AM

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Hi ajay,

Welcome to Dev Shed.

You can process using wmlscript, but you will need some server-side stuff to create the text files.. ASP example.

What server-side technologies do you have at your disposal?

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April 21st, 2006, 01:10 AM

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Hi jabba,

I have the PHP technology at my disposal and the information to be send should go to database having ORACLE.

Actually, I am in the need of sending information to the WAP server first and then to add this information in the database. So my first task is to send some text to the text file on WAP Server as a sample program.

One more thing is I want to send information related to mobile to the server like Mobile's MIDP/ScreenSize etc. Do I have to use JAVA technology alone to complete the task ?

Note that the mobile information is my secondary target. What I am currently looking for, is creation of simple text file to WAP server and writing it with some junkie....

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April 21st, 2006, 01:37 AM

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You can use php's filesystem functions to create a file, if it is not stored in the database. Otherwise, you can just use oracle functions as you would in a page for a normal web browser.

Things you need to take into account are that input on a mobile device is a pain in the butt, and you can't use textarea in the form - only input type text.

As to screen size detection et al, again PHP should be able to pick out some stuff from the headers the device sends, but really you need to check the browsers phone profile. Check out WURFL, sure there will be some examples there - it uses Java and comes well recommended.

April 26th, 2006, 01:58 AM

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PHP External File

Hi,

I have everything ready the PHP installed, apache HTTP installed and even written many succesful sample programs in PHP on PC. Now I want to switch now to wml embeding PHP. What should I do next.

One problem I had was if I write simple Hello world in php embedded in WML I got nothing on the phone. (That is Nokia 7210 Emulator)

Secondly, I want to know whether it is possible to use external php file or not for the same.

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April 26th, 2006, 02:09 AM

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Does the emulator support wml or mhtml?

PHP sometimes has a problem parsing the xml declaration, if there are parse errors the page will not load.

Simple PHP / WML page

PHP Code:

wml_test.php


		
			
<?php

header('Content-Type: text/vnd.wap.wml; charset=ISO-8859-1');

// echo declaration out to avoid parsing confusion

echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>'."\n";

?>

<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" 

"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">

<wml>

<card id="test" title="Test WAP 1.0">

<p>Hello, welcome to Dev Shed!</p>

</card>

</wml>

Quote:

Secondly, I want to know whether it is possible to use external php file or not for the same.

You can use external PHP files - works the same way as serving html, code needs to be a bit cleaner though

April 26th, 2006, 06:50 AM

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The real Problem.

Hi Jabba

Actually, today I was been told that what my basic task is to get Phone Type and its MIDP and Screen size to the txt file from whatever means possible. Here the point is user will be clicking on some link and what the server should get in the form of a text file the parameters mentioned above.

My problem is that I don't know where to start and which technology to use and ( what output to show to my seniors ...

)

Please, help me about what procedure and resources I should utilise to achieve this task.

Regards Ajay

April 26th, 2006, 08:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by me 2nd time around

...check the browsers phone profile. Check out WURFL, sure there will be some examples there - it uses Java and comes well recommended.

Also can be used soley with PHP too I believe, though not 100%sure about that.

April 26th, 2006, 12:19 PM

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