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Asked: 2026-05-13T05:44:45+00:00

I’m looking to write an iPhone app that populates a UITable with information from

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I’m looking to write an iPhone app that populates a UITable with information from a field in a database that is stored online, and when selected shows more information from the database.

For example, a list of names that when tapped will show a bio for the person, some basic stats, and a picture.

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Is it possible to use CoreData, and have it populate itself on start up with the information from the online mySQL database? This would give the best of both worlds – the uptodate nature of the web and the offline access…

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would suggest using something like PHP to talk to the MySQL database and creating your app to talk to the PHP via a web address. Bit of a security risk to have an app talk directly with a database due to the database not being behind a firewall and your database details being stored in the program and being sent across non authed means.

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