Is it possible to develop native apps for Android & iOS using PHP?

It is not possible to develop native apps for Android and iOS using PHP alone. Native apps for these platforms are typically developed using languages specific to each platform, such as Java or Kotlin for Android and Swift or Objective-C for iOS. However, you can use PHP for backend development and create APIs that can be consumed by your mobile apps. 

// Example PHP code for creating an API endpoint
<?php

// Connect to database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "myDB";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Retrieve data from database
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // Output data of each row
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "id: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["name"]. "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

$conn->close();

?>

Keywords

Android iOS native apps PHP development

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