PHP in a mobile ecosystem

PHP in a Mobile EcosystemIvo JanschJanuary 28, 2011 - PHPBenelux Conference

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Part 1Let’s think about mobile for a few minutes

The Webis increasingly portable

It’s revolutionary Much like when the phone lost its wall socket

The Internet Of Thingsivo-imac:~ ivo$ ping fridgePING fridge (192.168.1.138): 56 data bytes

The Web versus The Internet

Usage CharacteristicsOn the goShort attention spanAvoid typingTo the point / ad hocOmnipresentContext Awareness

‘Pocket Essentials’

Usage - ‘Couch Computing’RelaxedFreedomConsumptionConvergenceCompanion

Mobile TechnologiesObjective-C (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV)Java (Android, Blackberry, Symbian)HTML5 / Javascript (Any)PHP (Any)

The App vs. The Browser

Browser based applicationsWrite once, run anywhereOnlineRequires browserPage based‘Stateless’

Native AppsOn- and ofﬂineEvent basedNative device experienceConvenient access to device featuresStatefulMonetization through App Stores

Some statistics Android Market: 100.000 apps Apple App Store: 300.000 apps Web: 3.000.000 websites optimized for mobile Sources: http://www.bizreport.com/2010/10/dotmobi-2000-growth-in-number-of-mobile-ready-websites.html# http://twitter.com/AndroidDev/status/28701488389 http://www.silobreaker.com/apples-app-store-crosses-300000-apps-5_2263799272514256896

Predictions

Part 2Browser Based Mobile Apps

Device DetectionIt’s all in the User AgentMozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like MacOS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko)Version / 4.0.5 Mobile/8B117 Safari/6531.22.7Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.1-update1; nl-nl; HTCHero Build/ERE27) AppleWebKit/ 530.17 (KHTML, likeGecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/ 530.17

Device Detection

Device Detectionhttp://detectmobilebrowsers.mobi/ Downloadable PHP library for device detection Online code generator Donationware Ugly code, well documented

Device Detectionhttp://www.deviceatlas.com Database of device properties Available online, as API and downloadable json ﬁle Free for development ~99$/year for productionhttp://wurﬂ.sourceforge.net/

Device DetectionConsiderations: Don’t redirect to homepage Offer ‘classic’ option Don’t make assumptions on screen size

Zend Framework ExampleTake advantage of ZF’s powerful MVC set up View scripts determine layout of actions Layout script wraps everything into main layout Use Bootstrapper to detect device and setup MVC

layouts/scripts/layout_mobile.phtml

views_mobile/scripts/index/index.phtml

Bootstrap.php

ResultTry it at http://egeniq.com/demo/zf/public

Zend_Http_UserAgentNew in Zend Framework 1.11Can work with WURFL or Device Atlas

UI DesignHover = evil‘Finger Friendly Design’‘Touch Driven Development’Screens are getting bigger and (!) smaller

Scalable websiteshttp://www.niemanlab.org/2010/09/nyts-opinion-pages-continue-the-march-toward-app-inspired-design/

HTML5 is easy<!doctype html> - period.<script> or <style> - period.Semantics: header, footer, section, article tags

HTML5 is powerfullocalStorage<video><canvas><svg><input type=”number”> and many other form ﬁelds navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition();

Browsers love HTML5Browsers supporting HTML5: Firefox Safari Opera All the mobile browsers IE (sort of, no support for <article> until IE9)

Things to consider Don’t just scale the layout, scale content too Consider ‘scenario based content management’

jQTouch

jQTouchiPhone experience in HTML5http://jqtouch.com/jQuery basedMIT LicenseGive it a try: http://jqtouch.com/preview/demos/main

Alternatives jQuery Mobile 1.0 alpha was released at October 16, 2010 http://jquerymobile.com/ Sencha Touch From the makers of jqTouch Tablet support http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/

You already know PHPYour PHP skills + HTML5 = easy mobile websites

Part 3Native Apps

PHP’s role in native apps iPhone Android Blackberry App App App API

Optimize APIs for mobile Content optimization Scalability Longevity Security Client/Server considerations

Content Optimization Consider CPU and memory constraints Prefer JSON over XML Compress data Keep responses small But not too small (connection / routing overhead)

Scalability AppStore featured/top listings Slashdot effect Consider the 80/20 rule of app popularity though

LongevityApps have different deployment patterns No ‘quick ﬁx’ in the application as in web appsClient/Server asynchronous updates Backwards compatibility Versioned API URLs: http://iportfolio.api.egeniq.com/portfolios/1.0/mvb/collections.json

LongevityHow long do you support your APIs? Can’t force people to delete their Apps Provide clean fallback Synchronized instead of real-time dataImplement status check API calls

API Security TLS/SSL Basic Auth OAuth? XAuth! PKI / TLSAuth Signed URLs: ?x=1&y=2 &signature=hash(secret, time limit, params)

Client/Server considerations Image Processing in the API, instead of App Use Imagick / GD etc. Trade-off between bandwidth and processing power Apps support threading / asynchronisity Fire-and-forget API design Prepare/getResult call duos Push features into PHP APIs for reuse

PHP’s role in native apps PHP has native support for: Web services JSON Compression Image manipulation Egeniq’s number 1 choice for App APIs 25-30% of App development time = API

Part 4Best of Both Worlds

HTML5 in the App StoreHTML5 on the server, supports PHP: IPFaces - http://www.ipfaces.org/HTML5 on the device, no (or limited) support for PHP: AppCelerator - http://appcelerator.com/ Phonegap - http://phonegap.com

Cross Compilers = Instant Coffee

Part 5Random bits if time permits

Running PHP on the deviceFirst: Why??!PHP For Android (PFA) http://phpforandroid.net/PAMP for Symbian http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/PAMP

Symfony MobileMime-type basedoptimisationhttp://www.symfony-project.org/blog/2008/06/09/how-to-create-an-optimized-version-of-your-website-for-the-iphone-in-symfony-1-1

‘Lemon ADE’ AST editor

Resources for PHP/Mobilehttp://www.egeniq.com/bloghttp://mobile.phpmagazine.net/http://thoomtech.com/iphone/objc-for-php-developers-part-1/

Thank Youivo@egeniq.com http://www.egeniq.com@ijansch @egeniqPlease leave feedback at: http://joind.in/2486

CreditsPictures used in this presentation are creative commons attribution licensed pictures.Here are the owners and the URLS where the originals can be found: ‘Dow says POO’ by Stepleton - http://www.flickr.com/photos/29407923@N03/2899705638/ ‘The telephone’ by Tylerdurden - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tylerdurden/529028040/ ‘Web’ by Kurtxio - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kurtxio/2182760200/ ‘Heavy cloud, no rain’ by Robynsnest - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robynsnest/12405841/ ‘Wireless fridge’ from http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/tag/srt746awtn/ ‘Army iphone app’ by Soldiersmediacenter - http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4271795260/ ‘Carbon Fibre Wallet’ by Ryan Loos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rh1n0/4157547404/ ‘Keys’ by Jamison Judd - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamisonjudd/2419601050/ ‘Phone Girl’ by Steffen - http://www.flickr.com/photos/re-ality/460465894/ ‘Icon_safari_hires’ by Hans Dorsch - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansdorsch/2861804087/ ‘Thinking’ by Karola - http://www.flickr.com/photos/karola/3623768629/ ‘Jusa web’ by Jusfi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jusfi/2921202536/ ‘iPad :)’ by Korosirego - http://www.flickr.com/photos/korosirego/4334862666/ ‘Ive got a monkey on my back’ by Keven Law - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevenlaw/2698946160/ ‘Add a spoonful of coffee’ by Martyn Wright - http://www.flickr.com/photos/35521221@N05/5181647830/ ‘Locked steel’ by Darwinbell - http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/321434733/ ‘4 Biscuits’ by Barnoid - http://www.flickr.com/photos/barnoid/2025811494/

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