You my have noticed in last year or two there has been an increasing boom in technology in the area of mobile handsets and mobile software development. Wireless technology is not only becoming more commonplace, but also more affordable. One such technology, J2ME (Java 2 Platform Micro Edition), and getting it to work with PHP, is the spotlight of this new DevArticles piece.

With all of the possibilites for J2ME -> PHP interaction out there, it's a wonder that this hasn't come up sooner. They give you some sample java code that does things like a simple GET request, then moves into fetching information from a remote PHP script - like text and images. The SOAP protocol makes this a quick and painless process, thanks to support on both sides of the application.

Applications like these could really paves the way for the future use of mobile phones as a viable way of getting our information. Right now, the work - but, from what I've seen, they're not all that useful. I wonder how many developer out there are already spinning out ideas...