I need my app to be able to go to a specified URL and access a file, then insert text at a specific line of said file. Is this at all possible? I greatly appreciate your help and responses, Thanks.
A:
Sure, just configure mod_dav so you get put support on the apache side. Then use a GET to pull down the file, edit it locally, and use PUT to send it back. Obviously, this will not work well from a concurrency standpoint, but it's fine for the basic text editor type workflow.
Alternatively, you could write server side code to actually edit the file on the server side.
easel
2010-08-29 21:31:51
Thank you. What could I use to edit the file locally, and what would an example of some server side code be? I seriously appreciate the help.
zanman.
2010-08-29 21:35:14
These are very basic questions. You should probably learn some fundamentals before trying to jump into something as complex as this.
Falmarri
2010-08-29 21:36:49
You could use PHP, there's a plethora of PHP tutorials out there on the web. As far as the android app, I'm assuming you're already programming such a thing so you could just use the string manipulation functions.
easel
2010-08-29 21:38:04
Also what Falmarri said. Tutorials are your friend.
easel
2010-08-29 21:38:33
I figured that is what I could do with the app side work; I am fairly well rounded with local programming. But this is my first time dealing with server side programming. I will be looking into PHP tutorials, thank you.
zanman.
2010-08-29 21:39:48