PHP to Flash

HI,
Is there a way to write a subfunction in a PHP page that when it's called it tells a Flash movie that is in the PHP page to do something, like run one of it's subfunctions?

Thanks,
Travis

You want to control an SWF in a php page?

Yea, like have a function written in the swf that runs an update, and have a submit on the php page with select choices and when the select choice gets changed it runs a subfunction in the php or maybe directly to the swf that tells it to run the update subfunction coded in the swf.

You should take a look at the loadVars class. Just press F1 in flash and search for it.

Right, I know how to do that. I want the PHP page that the swf is in to tell the swf do stuff when certain things happen.

For a php-script to be executed you have to reload the page right? Is that what you want to accomplish?

Nope, when you have a java select form you can write into it "onChange" so when it changes it runs a subfunction in the PHP script. I want that subfunction to activate the swf.

I think that viga is correct, javascript cannot directly call a php function, since php is server-side and the onChange javascript would be client side. In order for any php to be executed, you're going to have to hit the server.

I've seen some posts about passing variables to the swf using the attributes tag, and you could certianly do it that way. Perhaps you could have the javascript change the attributes of the swf object tag client side though.

P.S. See this post: http://forums.devshed.com/t119579/s...882543af48.html

That might work, I'll test it out.
Thanks