Is it possible to use a php page output within a widget?

Lee. over 4 years ago

I have an idea for a widget (personal use) which would essentially use PHP to dynamically build a string of text.

My hope is to call the dynamic URL from the widget and then return the PHP page result to the widget for display.

I'm still playing with the idea but don't want to spend too many hours if its not at all possible

work in progress of the PHP page output can be seen here

glance view info would be here http://0-21.co.uk/tide2.php

then the next page http://0-21.co.uk/tide.php would be used to populate the full widget view

hope this makes sense?

I need all the help I can get !

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dpawlyk over 4 years ago in reply to Lee.

Show the code you are using to make the call.

Lee. over 4 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

 //! Make the web request
    private function makeRequest() as Void {
        _notify.invoke("Executing\nRequest", 1);

        var options = {
           :responseType => Communications.HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE_JSON,
          :headers => {
                "Content-Type" => Communications.REQUEST_CONTENT_TYPE_URL_ENCODED
            }
        };

        Communications.makeWebRequest(
           "https://0-21.co.uk/tide6.php",
            {},
            options,
            method(:onReceive)
        );
    }

    //! Receive the data from the web request
    //! @param responseCode The server response code
    //! @param data Content from a successful request
    public function onReceive(responseCode as Number, data as Dictionary?) as Void {
        if (responseCode == 200) {
            _notify.invoke(data, 1);
            System.println( "onReceive data "+data );
        } else {
            _notify.invoke("Failed to load 1\nError: " + responseCode.toString(), 1);
        }
        makeRequest2();
        return true;
    }

Lee. over 4 years ago in reply to Lee.

I have also exploded the PHP back into an array which I can properly JSON_ENCODE but I get the same result

http://0-21.co.uk/tide6.php

dpawlyk over 4 years ago in reply to Lee.

Garmin needs a name for the array (or anything you return).

{

"name": [

"Sea Mills ",

"rising",

"2hr 23min",

" (18:55 GMT)",

"9hr 49min",

" (Wed 16th 02:21 GMT)"

]

}

Lee. over 4 years ago in reply to dpawlyk

thats what I built in http://0-21.co.uk/tide5.php

sabeard over 4 years ago in reply to Lee.

Change your options to the following and try it again.

var options = {
           :responseType => Communications.HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE_JSON,
           :headers => {
                "Content-Type" => Communications.REQUEST_CONTENT_TYPE_JSON
            }
        };

Lee. over 4 years ago in reply to sabeard

Thanks, but I still get error -400

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago in reply to Lee.

If you view HTTP traffic in the sim, what do you see for "content type"? Notice here it's "application/json".

Lee. over 4 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

ok, i may be getting somewhere the URL was still referencing https: changed that and I get the 200 response

jim_m_58 over 4 years ago

Notice the > and the < at the beginning as that's the direction things are going. You are sending the GET, and the context type you are getting back is application/html/