# How to connect my app to my php website to coordinate to my apps

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**Category:** Web API's\
**Created:** [June 17, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-connect-my-app-to-my-php-website-to-coordinate-to-my-apps/4108709 "2026-06-17T17:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![sondemkorepxv7bi5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sondemkorepxv7bi5](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sondemkorepxv7bi5)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-connect-my-app-to-my-php-website-to-coordinate-to-my-apps/4108709/1 "2026-06-17T17:52:19Z")

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Please tell me how to connect my app to [my website](https://quickguide.in/) API

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**Author:** ![maurizio.polverini89](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/maurizio.polverini89/32/145191_2.png) [@maurizio.polverini89](https://community.thunkable.com/u/maurizio.polverini89)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-connect-my-app-to-my-php-website-to-coordinate-to-my-apps/4108709/2 "2026-06-19T14:36:47Z")

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this is a very generic question - what would you like to connect? how is your website written?

And most important, what are you trying to achieve?

You can use the Web API block to connect through API to anything that allows this kind of access

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**Author:** ![jobyzoj8moguh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@jobyzoj8moguh](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jobyzoj8moguh)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-connect-my-app-to-my-php-website-to-coordinate-to-my-apps/4108709/3 "2026-06-20T18:21:16Z")

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To connect a Thunkable app to your PHP website, you basically need to expose your PHP side as a simple REST API and then consume it inside Thunkable using Web API blocks.

On the PHP side, you can create endpoints like `getData.php` or `login.php` that return JSON responses. Make sure you set headers like `Content-Type: application/json` and output structured JSON using `json_encode()`.

On the Thunkable side, you would use the **Web API** component:

- Set the request URL to your PHP endpoint

- Choose GET or POST depending on your use case

- Send parameters as query strings or form data

- Parse the JSON response using the built-in JSON blocks

A simple flow would be:  
App → Web API request → PHP script → JSON response → App UI update

For more complex setups (authentication, saving user data, syncing content), you’ll want to standardize your API structure early so both your app and website stay in sync easily.

Also, if you’re exploring app-building and backend integration more deeply, there are some useful dev resources and job discussions around API/backend work on [https://jobyzo.com/](https://jobyzo.com/) that might help you understand real-world implementations better.