Best way to get data from the web?

[LiquidChaz]

In an effort to give myself some more "real world" skills (I've been making games almost exclusively the last year or so) I'd like to create a test project that does the following:

I want to be able to go to a website on my computer and submit a few addresses that can be saved to my web server. I'd then like to start my iPhone app, pull those addresses that the user entered on the website, and use MapKit to display them.

What would be the best approach for this sample app? PHP & mySQL on the server side? How can I access that data from the device? Do I have to use SQL?

I'm familiar with CoreLocation & MapKit already... I just need some advice on what to use on the server side and then how to access that data from my app. What would be a small scale solution (< 10 addresses)? What would be a large scale solution (> 10,000)?

Thanks for the info!

[smithdale87]

Server side - what you suggest is good, php and mysql
device side - have your server return an xml feed with the addresses & any relevant information. Then just parse the feed and display the results in your app.

Small scale - use one xml feed
Large scale - use several small xml feeds and have a "Load More" button in your device application that will grab the next xml feed.