RE: FLASH: PHP and Flash

[Glen Rhodes]

Actually, there is no text file created.  The data is passed straight back

to the flash file. It's as if you are loading a premade text file, but

instead it's a CGI script.


You would talk to their script with a "Load Variables" command, which would

pass data as a form post, and then basically, if they do their scripting

right, within a few seconds, your flash file should have a bunch of

variables contained in the Target that you loaded them into, with the names

that they returned.


If you specified your Target to be "/", then all the variables would be

accessed with "/:" in front


So, name1=joe&age=33&color=blue&name2=john&age=45, loaded into target "/"

would be like:


SetVariable "/:name1" = "joe"

SetVariable "/:age" = "33"

etc...



It's like with an HTML post that creates a page on the fly (Like a CGI or

ASP page).. it doesn't create the page anywhere in particular, it just sends

it to your browser - so, using the same method, they do the same thing..

except instead of creating HTML on the fly, they create an stream of text

that gets returned to Flash.


This stream of text must be formatted as I indicated earlier..

variable=value& pairs.  There would probably be no file size limit, just

remember the download times... if you send back TOO much data, it'll take a

while for it to be parsed and loaded.


HTH,


Glen.


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Subject: Re: FLASH: PHP and Flash



Thanks for the info Glen,


            But how I read those variables...  For example, if the page

generated is:


name1=joe&age=33&color=blue&name2=john&age=45 ...


how I get this info.. Where did they have to write this page?? On the server

as a text file??


I guess I open this page on flash with the load variable command... But

where my variable will be created on Flash???


Is there a caracter limit on the text file generated??

And is there something more I should know??


Thanks..


Steve


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Subject: RE: FLASH: PHP and Flash



> The main thing to remember is, ask them to make sure they write their

> scripts so that data is passed back to you in an HTML free page (no tags),

> that consists only of variable=data pairs, separated by &

>

> name=joe&age=33&favcolor=blue

>

> Etc..  like that.  And, when you submit data to them, tell them that you

> sending data is exactly the same method that an HTML form is submitted..

so

> then they should know how to read the data you send them.

>

> ------------------

> Glen Rhodes

> dot com Entertainment Group Inc.

> Tel: (905) 337-8524 x224

> Fax: (905) 337-8630

> www.dceg.com

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Steve

> Couture

> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 1:21 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: FLASH: PHP and Flash

>

>

> Hi Flashers,

>

>                 I Actually work on a flash application that should recived

> data from a DataBase usig PHP3.  I know nothing about php3... Some other

> people work with me on this side... But I want to know whats the best way

to

> get variables from a DataBase and PHP3 to Flash...   What should I ask to

> the other programmer ? What they have to do and what I have to do??

>

> Thanks!

>

> Steve

>

>

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