Hi friends, In this post i would like to explain about how to write a web services using php with the json format. Now a days mobile applications are more popular. Most of mobile applications are implementing for existing websites. To isplay information from database to mobile one mediator is require. So that mediator implementing using php and the output as JSON format to easy to retrieve.

How to write a webservices using php with json format | Anil Labs
![]() |
![]() |
Web service for login method. Code is continue with user class which i mentioned in my previous post object oriented programming in php
Login Method Code
$query = "select * from users where username='".$username."' AND password='".$password."'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
return $num_rows;
}
In the web service page.
/**********************************************************************
* Author : Anil Kumar Panigrahi
* E-mail : [email protected]
* Created on : 14th June 2011
* Version : 1.0
* Project : Wevservices
* Page : Login Webservice
* Company : Anil Labs (http://www.anillabs.com)
* Modified on :
* Modified by :
*************************************************************************/
// Includes the class which have the all functions
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
include_once("user.class.php");
/* Created object for User class*/
$web = new users();
/* This file return the sucess or failure with provided details ( username, password ) */
// USER NAME - user_name
// PASSWORD - password
if(isset($_REQUEST) && ($_REQUEST['user_name'] != "") && ($_REQUEST['password']!="") ){
$result = $web->login($_REQUEST['user_name'],$_REQUEST['password']);
echo json_encode(array('results'=>$result));
}
/* Provided output in the json encoded format */
// Call the database disconnection method
$web->connection_close();
?>
Call this method as
http://localhost/login.php?username=anil&password=123456
Output:
if correct {“result”:1} else {“result”:0}
complete documentation for this post is at in anther file download it for better understanding.
Pingback : How to rectify json_encode returns null in php web services | ANIL KUMAR PANIGRAHI 's Blog
How do I call the php webservice using jQuery mobile & display the json results ?
@U2 I wish you have a look into
http://tinywall.info/2011/10/19/facebook-twitter-like-json-feeds-with-php-javascript-ajax-jquery-mysql/ for fetching Info and use it in jquery mobile too.
You should use Mysqli istead the old and deprecated method you are using in this tutorial.
Can I call this webservice from html file just opened in a browser instead of calling http://localhost …etc, then only we can say it is a webservice
Pingback : Webservices using PHP with JSON format Documentation - Anil Labs
Pingback : Top blog posts of Anil Labs in September - Anil Labs
Pingback : Top blog posts in 2013 - Anil Labs
Fatal error: Call to a member function bind_param() on boolean in
Pingback : How to call API in CakePHP - Anil Labs
Pingback : Pretty printing of JSON using PHP and Javascript - Anil Labs