Keep the push.php file and test APNS connection using MAMP? - iphone

Question

Am following these tutorials to enable Apple Push Notification Server to send Notifications to device.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/3525/apple-push-notification-services-tutorial-part-2
From this tutorial I downloaded MAMP and "created the database to store the users details" and also I have "downloaded the PushChatServer folder from the tutorial". I stored the UDID, Device Token (from APNS), Name, Code in the database. Now I want to send Push Notifications from my localhost.
I am keeping the .pem file, push.php, push-confi.php on my desktop. From the tutorial this part I don't understand:
In the PushChatServer directory there is a push folder that contains the PHP scripts you need to send out push requests. You should put these files in a directory on the server that is not accessible from the web, in other words outside of your DocumentRoot. This is important because you don’t want visitors to your website to download your private key! (In our MAMP setup, this is already taken care of.)
The most important script in the push folder is push.php. This script should be run as a background process on your server. Every few seconds it checks if there are new push notifications to be sent out. If so, it sends them to the Apple Push Notification Service.
First, we need to edit the file push_config.php, which contains the configuration options for push.php. You may need to change the passphrase for the private key and possibly the database password.
As with the server API, the push script can run in either development mode or production mode. In development mode, it talks to the APNS sandbox server and it uses your development SSL certificate. You should use development mode in combination with Debug builds of your app. Production mode should be used for Ad Hoc and App Store builds of your app.
Where I want to keep my Push folder in my Mac. How can I check the APNS connection?
I placed the Push folder(Which is contains the Push.php) in my directory to read from Terminal. And also I pasted the Application folder in my directory.
Tutorial said to use this command in Terminal
$ /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.2/bin/php push.php development
But, in MAMP I have this path
/Users/creagx/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.17/bin/php
Where I need to place the Push folder and MAMP.
I kept my .pem files and push.php files in this path: /Users/gopi/Desktop/APNSsample/push.php
Then I have tried to connect my .pem (SSL) to APNS using Terminal app like this
unknownc42c032e8297:~ name$ cd /Users/creagx/Desktop/APNSsample
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample name$ telnet gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com 2195
Trying 17.149.34.66...
Connected to gateway.sandbox.push-apple.com.akadns.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
^C
Connection closed by foreign host.
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample name$ openssl s_client -connect gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195 -cert NameAPNCert.pem -key NameAPNKey.pem
Enter pass phrase for NameAPNKey.pem:
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=1 /C=US/O=Entrust, Inc./OU=www.entrust.net/rpa is incorporated by reference/OU=(c) 2009 Entrust, Inc./CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1C
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:0
---
Certificate chain
0 s:/C=US/ST=California/L=Cupertino/O=Apple Inc/OU=Internet Services/CN=gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com
i:/C=US/O=Entrust, Inc./OU=www.entrust.net/rpa is incorporated by reference/OU=(c) 2009 Entrust, Inc./CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1C
1 s:/C=US/O=Entrust, Inc./OU=www.entrust.net/rpa is incorporated by reference/OU=(c) 2009 Entrust, Inc./CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1C
i:/O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits liab.)/OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Certification Authority (2048)
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEZTCCA02gAwIBAgIESyDhfjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBsTELMAkGA1UEBhMC
VVMxFjAUBgNVBAoTDUVudHJ1c3QsIEluYy4xOTA3BgNVBAsTMHd3dy5lbnRydXN0
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subject=/C=US/ST=California/L=Cupertino/O=Apple Inc/OU=Internet Services/CN=gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com
issuer=/C=US/O=Entrust, Inc./OU=www.entrust.net/rpa is incorporated by reference/OU=(c) 2009 Entrust, Inc./CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1C
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 2549 bytes and written 2017 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is AES256-SHA
Server public key is 1024 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1
Cipher : AES256-SHA
Session-ID:
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key: 729CC0899B36143DAC78D40B2C31ECB71C81A3BD8DC5CFD6D71AC7885DD2E63DCD47096E97A1B3AF032A8D7D48BF73DA
Key-Arg : None
Start Time: 1336636910
Timeout : 300 (sec)
Verify return code: 0 (ok)
---
name
closed
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample name$ php push.php
Usage: php push.php development|production
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample name$ development
-bash: development: command not found
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample name$ php push.php development
I have received the APNS connection status in push_development.log like this,
2012-05-10T13:32:34+05:30 Push script started (development mode)
2012-05-10T13:32:34+05:30 Exiting with fatal error: exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory' in /Users/name/Desktop/APNSsample/push.php:82
Stack trace:
#0 /Users/creagx/name/APNSsample/push.php(82): PDO->__construct('mysql:host=loca...', 'pushchat', 'name', Array)
#1 /Users/creagx/name/APNSsample/push.php(36): APNS_Push->__construct(Array)
#2 {main}
I can't understand what I did wrong? I am using the database from MAMP. I have stored the devicetoken, messages (Payload) in MAMP SQL database.
Terminal:
unknownc42c032e8297:~ gopi$ cd /Users/gopi/Desktop/APNSsample/
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample gopi$ php push.php
Usage: php push.php development|production
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample gopi$ php push.php development
unknownc42c032e8297:APNSsample gopi$
In my push_development.log file:
2012-05-10T16:08:12+05:30 Push script started (development mode)
2012-05-10T16:08:12+05:30 Exiting with fatal error: exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory' in /Users/gopi/Desktop/APNSsample/push.php:82
Stack trace:
#0 /Users/gopi/Desktop/APNSsample/push.php(82): PDO->__construct('mysql:host=loca...', 'pushchat', 'gopi', Array)
#1 /Users/gopi/Desktop/APNSsample/push.php(36): APNS_Push->__construct(Array)
#2 {main}

Answer 1

After you copy both of the .pem files to the same directory(in case desktop).Paste the following codes in terminal:
' cd /Users/gopi/Desktop/APNSSample/ '
Hit enter and you should get no erros,just a new line in Terminal.Now to test the connexion,paste the following code in terminal after you pasted the other one:
' php yourphpfile.php '
Hit enter and you should get three lines of code seying that the php file were able to reach the APNS Server.If it works,you're ok,else tell me!