PHP/Flash array question

neb010101

Let me preface by stating that I am not looking for a solution so much as a clue.

Ok, I have a nice XHTML site using arrays to configure the content (all text).

Now I need to get the config file to parse nicely into Flash...

I tried using the Flash MX "LoadVars Object" with limited success. The problem is PHP and Flash address the variables differently.

PHP likes this--
"main" => array (
"13" => "Freelance" ,
"13url" => "1-3.php" ,
etc.

Flash likes this--
& 13=Freelance&13url=1.3.php
etc.

Is there a way to use the same data from the config.php without doing all kinds of string operations? or using a database for that matter?

My host does not use AMFPHP or the WDDX mods in Apache, so no luck there. Coldfusion is out of the question too, unfortunately.

If I am missing something obvious, don't hesitate to flame this post!

Thanks!!!

kobmat

i also dont like using Loadvars in flash especially if large amounts of data are sent back, its just so inconvenient.

Why dont you try using XML? load and XML file into flash by using the XML object.

you can layout the data quite nicely and it wont look so crowded and confusing as name-value pairs

neb010101

There's not that much data, really. It's in small chunks, never cached by Flash. I will look closer at XML. You might be right!

I think that will take as long as building a string-crunching script. Not elegant, I know, but...

Weedpacket

If I understand right, that format is just the same as a URL querystring; in which case, to turn a PHP associative array into that format would be

$querystring='';
foreach($array as $key=>$value) $querystring.='&'.urlencode($key).'='urlencode($value);

Dunno if you want that leading & on the beginning of the whole thing or not; you can cut it off with a substr() if you don't.

neb010101

I am trying your method out right now.

I had initially decided to use actionscript, because I wouldn't have to monkey about with my already working scripts. It wasn't looking or acting real purty.

Thank you for your help! I am very new to PHP and am loving it so far. The community (expecially this one) is very strong.

Hopefully I'll have something for ya'll to critique and giggle at soon ; ^ )

--Neil