flash5 loadVariables vs loadVariablesNum

[Anon]

What is the difference between getVariables() and getVariablesNum().
I can not find any documention on the MM web site.

All I am trying to do is get variables from a php file into the flash movie, not exactly rocket science but I can not get it to work.

essentially the code in the flash file is:-

loadVariables("http://www.whereever.com/test.php" , 0, "GET");

essential code in test.php file

echo "file1=hello&file2=goodbye";

should the loadVariables not be picking up file1 and file2?

Any comments welcome.

Cheers

Angus.

[Anon]

... well not quite the right forum i think, it's definitly a flash question, but nevertheless i try to answer it:
I think that the loadVariablesNum is the new version of the loadVariables ... though i use the loadVariables and have no problems ... to your problem:
first of all you should echo the data this way:
echo "&file1=hello&file2=goodbye";
notice the & at the beginning ! and remember to urlencode() the variables before you echo 'em out ...
second, the variables are not instantly available ... eg. a
loadVariables("http://www.whereever.com/test.php" , 0, "GET");
if (file1=='hello')
{
do the right thing
}
else
{
display error 'variables not loaded'
}
will always return the error... because flash sends the request to the php script and continues with the next row ... the variables are available as soon as the php-script has answered the request ...
i do it this way:
on the position where i want the variables (or better on a position where you know you will need the variables soon) i have the following statement (similar to yours):
loadVariables ("get_it.php4", root.function_read_instanz, "POST");
where function_read_instanz is (now it gets complicated because i use the german flash version) the name of an instance of a symbol ... in the symbol i have the following code line:
onClipEvent(data)
{
tellTarget (level2.cursor) {
gotoAndStop (21);
}
this.putVars();
}
the onClipEvent(data) gets executed as soon as all variables from get_it.php4 are loaded into the symbol function_read_instanz ... the tellTarget takes care of the "loading display" and putVars() is a function, that uses the variables from the php Script to fill some textfields ....
hope that helps, because i found it quite a complicated task to get it to work the first time ...
cya Rob

[Anon]

I've been searching for it, and please correct me if i'm wrong, but here it is:

in the name "loadVariablesNum", the "Num" part stands for "numerical", not for "number". Instead of stating a contextual target

loadVariables("test.php","_root.movieInstance1");

you would use the numerical approach to specify the desired level into which the variables should be loaded.

loadVariablesNum("test.php", 1);

Level 0 (level0) equals root.

EP.