Connect to an online database (mySQL) from Swift, using PHP. (XCODE) - ios

Question

I want to connect my xcode app to online database and get the data from it and display in my app + write the data into online database using my app. I've already done with app but now it gives me an error.
ERROR :
I have my online database in my web page and i have uploaded two php files into the file manager in my web. One php file retrieving all the data in my database and encoding them to json. And second php file doing the query to write data into my online database from my app.
As in above pic im getting json output successfully but when i try to get the data into an array in xcode it gives me that error.
This is my code
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
#IBOutlet var tableview: UITableView!
#IBOutlet var inputFriendName: UITextField!
#IBOutlet var inputFriendInfo: UITextField!
var data: NSArray = []
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
data = dataOfJson("http://bishanonline.com/extra/serviceselect.php")
println(data)
}
#IBAction func reload() {
data = dataOfJson("http://bishanonline.com/extra/serviceselect.php")
self.tableview.reloadData()
}
override func touchesBegan(touches: NSSet, withEvent event: UIEvent) {
self.view.endEditing(true)
}
func dataOfJson(url: String) -> NSArray {
var data = NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: url)!)
return (NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: nil, error: nil) as NSArray)
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
return data.count
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
var cell: additionInfoCell = self.tableview.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("customCell") as additionInfoCell
var maindata = (data[indexPath.row] as NSDictionary)
cell.friendName!.text = maindata["Name"] as? String
cell.friendInfo!.text = maindata["Additional Info"] as? String
return cell
}
#IBAction func uploadToDatabase() {
var url: NSString = "http://bishanonline.com/extra/servicequery.php?x=\(inputFriendName.text)&y=\(inputFriendInfo.text)"
url = url.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString(" ", withString: "%20")
url = url.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("/n", withString: "%0A")
var data = NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: url)!)
var result = NSString(data: data!, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
}
Issue is in this code lines
func dataOfJson(url: String) -> NSArray {
var data = NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: url)!)
return (NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: nil, error: nil) as NSArray)
}
Please help me to get json data into array. Appreciate any help.

Answer 1

Finally problem resolved.First i am going to elaborate the exact problem then the solution will be posted.
The code you were doing was totally fine but the real problem was your backend
For serviceselect.php
The code you have done for fetching records is
func dataOfJson(url: String) -> NSArray
{
var data = NSData(contentsOfURL: NSURL(string: url)!)
return (NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: nil, error: nil) as NSArray)
}
This above method is returing NSArray but the data you are getting from the server is kinda messed up because along with JSON data some garbage data is included as well.Check out the below image
So when try to generate JSON data from above string we are getting crashes and errors.
May be due to free hosting service we are getting this message (Not sure)
Solution
func getallrecords(){
let url = NSURL(string: "http://bishanonline.com/extra/serviceselect.php")
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithURL(url!) {(data, response, error) in
var d = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
var arr = d!.componentsSeparatedByString("<") // spliting the incoming string from "<" operator because before that operator is our required data and storing in array
var dataweneed:NSString = arr[0] as NSString // arr[0] is the data before "<" operator and arr[1] is actually no use for us
if let data = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(dataweneed.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as? NSArray
// JSONObjectWithData always have first argument of NSData but our dataweneed is actually NSString so we are actually converting NSString to NSData
{
for dd in data{
var name : String = dd["Name"]! as String
var info : String = dd["Additional Info"]! as String
println("Name is : \(name)") // MainDeveloper for 0 and BestBuddy for 1 index
println("Info is : \(info)") // Bishan for 0 and AkilaPrabath for 1 index
}
}
}
task.resume()
}
Final output
For servicequery.php
func addrecord(x:String,y:String){
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "http://bishanonline.com/extra/servicequery.php")!)
var postString : String = "x="+x+"&y="+y
request.HTTPMethod = "GET"
request.HTTPBody = postString.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request) {
data, response, error in
if error != nil {
println("error=\(error)")
return
}
let jsonResult = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers, error: nil) as NSDictionary
if jsonResult as String == "Successfully added "
{
// Show an alert to notify user
}
}
task.resume()
}
Also remove "echo $query;" on line 30 of servicequery.php

Answer 2

Try this code to parse JSON from server
//created NSURL
let requestURL = NSURL(string: URL_GET_TEAMS)
//creating NSMutableURLRequest
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: requestURL!)
//setting the method to post
request.HTTPMethod = "GET"
//creating a task to send the post request
let task = NSURLSession.sharedSession().dataTaskWithRequest(request){
data, response, error in
//exiting if there is some error
if error != nil{
print("error is \(error)")
return;
}
//parsing the response
do {
//converting resonse to NSArray
let myJSON = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: .MutableContainers) as? NSArray
//looping through all the json objects in the array teams
for i in 0 ..< myJSON.count{
myJSON[i]["object key here"]
}
} catch {
print(error)
}
}
//executing the task
task.resume()
Source: json parsing in ios swift