How to hook up a 3.5mm external mic to iphone?

I have a 3.5mm 3pin microphone that i would like to use to record audio on my iphone 4 with but it won't recognize the mic and keeps recording from the built in one. Is there a cord/adapter i can make or buy to make (prefer to make) my phone recognize it?

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