WML and PHP combined.. possible?

Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone could enlighten me on a couple of things?

Basically I just want to know can you integrate PHP and WML? If so how? I tried a bit of PHP and it told me it was HTML. It seems the browser doesnt like the PHP extension. Tried a known good page with .php extension and it ****ed up too.

And I dont think it processes the php if you give it the wml extension (or am I wrong there?). Basically I'm tearing my hair out!

Any ideas guys (and gals)?

Cheers,


Ryan

Havent worked with PHP, but if it is more or less the same as ASP, JSP or Cold Fusion, I suppose you would be required to place some line like the following:

ASP
<%Response.ContentType = "text/wnd.wap.wml"%>

JSP
<%response.setContentType("text/vnd.wap.wml");%>

Cold Fusion
<CFCONTENT type="text/vnd.wap.wml">

I guess there is an equivalent of that in PHP that you ight be missing out on?!?!? And then again maybe not?!?

Preetham

It's not a problem. For an example, have a look at "Phonelist" in the clipscripts section here. I have found that it's more of a problem testing the stuff rather than writing it. I'll be posting another example soon, so watch this space.

The following code snippet is for PHP:

header("Content-type: text/vnd.wap.wmlnn");

Hi there,

You can do it, but it requires some playing around with your Apache httpd.conf file. Add the following to serve wap enabled pages(That also use php):

# MIME Types for WAP

# For PHP 4.x, use this:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .wml
# This parses php scripts within a .wml page

# For PHP 3.x, use this:
AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .wml

# For normal WML pages.
AddType text/vnd.wap.wml .wml

# For WML embedded graphics.
AddType image/vnd.wap.wbmp .wbmp

# End MIME Types for WAP

At the top of all your pages write this php code:

<?php
// send wml headers
header("Content-type: text/vnd.wap.wml");
echo "<?xml version="1.0"?>";
echo "<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN""
. " "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">";
?>

Here is a code example using php:

<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Hello World!">
<p>
<?php
// format and output date
$the_date = date("M d Y");
print $the_date;
print "<br/>Welcome to a PHP-enabled site!";
?>
</p>
</card>
</wml>


Hope this helps!

Building WML Applications Using PHP :
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http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/wap.php

WAP-Enabling a Website with PHP3 :
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http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP_WAP/

WAP In Perspective :
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http://phpbuilder.com/columns/markaw20001204.php3

Another php/wml tutorial has been born, it lives here :

Introduction to WML, Apache, and PHP :
http://phpbuilder.com/columns/mike20010118.php3