variables in flash

Is there anyway to make flash use variables from a mysql database?

Thanks,

Warren

Sure.

Have PHP (or your scripting language of choice) fetch the values and then pass them to your .swf something like this:




http://www.phpforflash.com/ is a decent site for more info about this sort of thing.


wdn2k

that is 1 way of doing it....another (more dynamic in my opinion) is to let flash load a script with variables in it.

howto outlined:

on timeline let flash load variables (see loadmovie) and call a php (if u use php) script.

the php script gets the wanted variables from a database (mysql in your case) en echo them as:

echo "&var1=value&var2=value2&var3=value3";

If flash load this it can use the variables var1, var2 and var3.

For instance if you dynamically want to fill a textbox with the content of var1 you make a textbox in flash (after loading the script on the timeline) and use |AB in flash the make it a input type textbox and give the textbox the name var1.

Now your flashmovie will show the content of var1 in the textbox.

goodluck