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mobile access for LAMP application - approach & basics?
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:53 pm
by mottwsc
I have a LAMP application that I want to allow mobile smart phone users to access. I'm looking for the easiest way to port the application to something that will work on mobile phones. Can someone suggest a language/tool/framework to do this and why you would recommend that? Are there good sources for beginners on this topic?
Thanks.
Re: mobile access for LAMP application - approach & basics?
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:06 pm
by Jonah Bron
Surely you don't want to run a LAMP stack on a mobile device...
If you just want to view an application that's on a LAMP stack, you don't need to do anything. You can just view it on the device.
The only thing you might do is change the HTML/CSS to fit a small screen. And that's a

Re: mobile access for LAMP application - approach & basics?
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:23 am
by Eran
The w3 mobile best practices is a good place to start -
http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/
Re: mobile access for LAMP application - approach & basics?
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:31 pm
by mottwsc
All -
Right - I only want access from mobile devices (not load all of that on the device). I wasn't sure if it was more than reformatting the screens to work on a smaller device. From what you are saying - this would be the way to go.
Also, thanks for the link to best practices.