Sending data to firebase using php get

Question

I am trying to send data to firebase but for some reason when I try to send the data from my Arduino using get method it will not work if I go through web browser this code works no problem. but when I run it through Arduino it does not work at all what is the best way to send data from the Arduino to firebase using a gprs module

   <?php
        // some php stuff
        $mapId = $_GET['mapId']; //username
        $bike  = $_GET['bike'];
        $lat   = $_GET['lat'];
        $lng   = $_GET['lng'];
        $ori   = $_GET['ori'];

    ?>
    <script src='https://cdn.firebase.com/js/client/2.3.1/firebase.js'></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">

        var mapId = '<?php echo $mapId ?>';
        var bike  = '<?php echo $bike ?>';
        var lat   = '<?php echo $lat ?>';
        var lng   = '<?php echo $lng ?>';
        var ori   = '<?php echo $ori ?>';

        var ref = new Firebase('https://granted-7cdeb.firebaseio.com/maps/'+ mapId);
        var usersRef = ref.child(bike);

        function now() {
        return Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
        }

        function saveData()
            {
            usersRef.set({
              coords: {
              latitude: lat,
              longitude: lng
              },
              orientation: ori,
              timestamp: now()
            });
            }

    window.onload = saveData;
    </script>
    <?php

    ?>

Arduino code this code send the request to the php file that on my server

  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=3,1,\"CONTYPE\",\"GPRS\"");//setting the SAPBR, the connection type is using gprs
  delay(300);
  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=3,1,\"APN\",\"WHOLESALE\"");//setting the APN, the second need you fill in your local apn server
  delay(300); 
  GPRS.println("AT+SAPBR=1,1");//setting the SAPBR, for detail you can refer to the AT command mamual
  delay(300); 
  GPRS.println("AT+HTTPINIT"); //init the HTTP request
  delay(300);  
  GPRS.println("AT+HTTPPARA=\"URL\",\"http://grantedsecurity.com/arduino/test.php?GET VARIABLES REQUEST BLAH BLAH\"");// setting the httppara, the second parameter is the website you want to access
  delay(300); 
  GPRS.println("AT+HTTPACTION=0");//submit the request 
  delay(300);//the delay is very important, the delay time is base on the return from the website, if the return datas are very large, the time required longer.
  //while(!mySerial.available());

Relevant: [What is the difference between client-side and server-side programming?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13840429/what-is-the-difference-between-client-side-and-server-side-programming) — gre_gor, Jun 23 '17 at 12:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '17 at 04:32

So, you are using JavaScript generated in PHP?

Lets think about flow:

Client sends data to the server page
Server uses that data to generate page with JavaScript
Client receives the page
Client runs JavaScript on page and therefore sends data to the firebase

Now remember - Arduino is pretty simple hardware, there is no JS interpret.

So you have basically only option - Save the data to the firebase directly from PHP (without JavaScript), as running some complex script in JavaScript on Arduino would be impossible.

Sending data to firebase using php get

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