Creating an easily updatable news page with PHP and Flash...

flippyn5

Hey, I probably sound like an idiot but I need help with this.

I want to create a band site in flash. I want to have the news and shows section updatable by a HTML form. So obvisouly I need to use PHP. But how do I incorporate the PHP into my flash site?

Kudose

http://www.flashkit.com and http://www.google.com are pretty good sources for PHP/Flash developing. Might be able to get some eBooks of the net too.

eriksmoen

http://www.nwebb.co.uk/nw_htmlsite/index.php?page=browse_tutorial&tutorial=flashphp1&part=1 might be a useful resource as well...

KuroSatsu

I just went through this crap w/ php to html :bemused:. If you decide to head in that direction, I could prolly offer a little help.

thoand

You use the LoadVars object

eg.
something like this( very basic, Google Flash +LoadVars

Let's say you have a .txt flie which you update using Forms and PHP, the contents shold look like this( no linebreaks):

news=27.08.2004 Breaking news ...

Flash:

As a frame action:

// Create a new LoadVars object
myLoadVars = new LoadVars();

// Load an URL (must exist on same domain as the movie)
myLoadVars.load( url);

// Check if all goes well
myLoadVars.onLoad = function( success) {
if (success == true) {

// Output text to the Output window( you could easily
// take the myLoadVars.news into a dynamic text field).
trace( myLoadVars.news);

}
}

best regards
Thomas