loadingVariables & opening URL

Hey guys,

Got a slight problem.

I am trying to send a variable set in flash to a php script on my server, using this code:

on (release) {
myDirectory = "../CF"
loadVariables("../PHP/trans_file.php", "POST");
getURL("../PHP/trans_file.php", "blank")
}

The problem is that i don't think the variable is being picked up by the php.

It looks to me as if i have got the code sending the variable 'myDirectory' to thr PHP fine.

But then when i call the 'getURL' this scraps the variable set and reloads the PHP.

How can i code it so that it opens and sends the variable at the same time??

Thanks,

neb

i'm not very experienced yet in flash to php, but this is what i use:

content = "something";
loadVariablesNum ("write.php", 0, "POST");

now in ur php script, $content contains ur value.
i have my .swf and php file in the same location.

also make sure if u want to write something to a file or something like that, that u set the permissions rigth. (by default i think) there are no rights to write something to a file.

hope this helps...

Koala

hey, my first post!

not 100% on what you need exactly, but
the way i would, and do, do it is...

// create an empty loadVars object
//
myLoadVars=new LoadVars();
//
//add your variable to the object, obviously add as many vars as you need like this
//
myLoadVars.myDirectory=" ../CF";
myLoadvars.somethingElse="blah blah";
//
// use sendAndLoad to call the php script
//
myLoadVars.sendAndLoad("../PHP/trans_file.php", myLoadVars, "POST");
//
myLoadVars.onLoad=doSuccessFunction;
//
function doSuccessFunction(){
// do something with returned data here!!
// even if its just confirm success
}

in php, access the POSTED var(s) by using




in your case,


what ever is echo'd back by your script will be returned to flash inside the LoadVars object you created and can be accessed with the same dot notation - the object vars[not just values!] are replaced by the echo'd values.

if you need to return more than one var, then you will need to concatenate with '&' in php like this

thing="ooga booga"&description="wahwahwah"

so that flash can understand it
therefore myLoadVars will now be an object containing

myLoadVars.thing="ooga booga";
myLoadVars.description="whawahwah";

hope this helps/isnt too condescending

if you just need to send a variable and open the page use

myLoadVars=new LoadVars();
//
//add your variable to the object, obviously add as many vars as you need like this
//
myLoadVars.myDirectory=" ../CF";
myLoadvars.somethingElse="blah blah";
//
myloadVars.send("../PHP/trans_file.php", "_blank", "POST");

and one final thing is if you intend sending an array from flash like

myLoadvars.myArray[0]="blah";
....
myLoadvars.myArray[7]="blah blah blahdy blah";

it will be sent comma delimited like
blah,.,.,.,.,blah blah blahdy blah

so you will have to use the following to turn it back into an array