Xcode Call Web PHP File with parameters?

Question

I have been working on networking my ios app. I need to call a php file on my website and then get information back. I have been using this tutorial but it is out of date and unsupported now.

http://www.raywenderlich.com/2965/how-to-write-an-ios-app-that-uses-a-web-service

I have been looking at the MKNetworkKit for a bit and i think that is what i need to use but i am not sure how to implement it.

Answer 1

I think most people agree that AFNetworking is the best suited library for this. There's even a really nice raywenderlich.com tutorial on how to use it.

For instance, I use it this way to get the contents of a link with parameters (makemyday.com/web/export.php?id=345) into a UIWebView:

- (IBAction)searchForNearbyButtonPressed:(id)sender {
    NSURL *baseURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://makemyday.com"];
    NSDictionary *parameters = @{@"id": @"345"};
    AFHTTPClient *client = [[AFHTTPClient alloc] initWithBaseURL:baseURL];
    [client registerHTTPOperationClass:[AFHTTPRequestOperation class]];
    [client getPath:@"/web/export.php"
         parameters:parameters
            success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
                NSLog(@"response=%@", [operation.response allHeaderFields]);
                [self.webView loadData:responseObject  MIMEType:operation.response.MIMEType textEncodingName:operation.response.textEncodingName baseURL:operation.response.URL];
            }
            failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
                NSLog(@"error=%@", error.description);
            }
     ];

}