Tranfer QR Code Into a MySql Database

Question

I\'ve been trying to figure out what\'s the easiest way of putting a scanned QR text file into a MySql Databse. What I would the application to do is scan the QR code with a

Answer 1

The simplest way is to use ZXing app. It it is installed just open the flowing url:

http://zxing.appspot.com/scan?ret=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fproducts%2F%7BCODE%7D%2Fdescription&SCAN_FORMATS=QR_CODE

This url will open the page http://example.com/procucts/ followed by the scanned QR code content. The paremeter SCAN_FORMATS will avoid that normal 1D barcodes will be accepted.

See also the full explanation on the ZXing documentation. Please note that the user will just see a normal webpage if the ZXing app is not installed.