Flash not loading anything from PHP

pt01

I am attempting to use loadVars in AS2.0 from a php script.
I tested (print_r) the output from PHP and it is working fine...
This is my AS code: I am trying to populate an array as the dataProvider to dataGrid component:

var zDP=new Array();
var getFeed:LoadVars=new LoadVars();
getFeed.load("http://localhost/php/sendrecords.php?ck="+new Date().getTime());
getFeed.onLoad = function(success) {
     if (!success) {
          trace("Can not load");
     } else {
          loading_mc.removeMovieClip();
          trace("Loaded");
          var records:Number=this["records"];
          trace(records);
          if (numsigs==0)
               trace("No msgs yet");
          else {
               for (var i=0;i<records;i++) {
                    trace(this["s1"+i]+" "+this["s2"+i]+" "+this["s3"+i]+" "+this["s4"+i]+" "+this["s5"+i]+" "+this["s6"+i]+" "+this["s7"+i]);
                    zDP.addItem({c1:this["s1"+i], c2:this["s2"+i], c3:this["s3"+i], c4:this["s4l"+i], c5:this["s5"+i],c6:this["s6"+i],c7:this["s7"+i]});
               }
          }
     }
}
zDg.dataProvider=zDP;
stop();

--And it goes to trace(records), and outputs "undefined". Anyone has any idea on what I am doing wrong here?

TIA.

sneakyimp

first off, use this forum's code formatting tags ([/code] after your code and

 before it) to preserve your original identing/formatting.  it makes your code easier to read.

second, this sounds like an actionscript question as much as a php one.

third, you should probably define your getFeed.onLoad() function before you call getFeed.load().

what does your actionscript output look like?  what does your php script look like?

pt01

first off, use this forum's code formatting tags ([/code] after your code and

 before it) to preserve your original identing/formatting. it makes your code easier to read.
[/quote]

Thanks for pointing that out...I did not know the tag name.

[quote]
third, you should probably define your getFeed.onLoad() function before you call getFeed.load().
[/quote]
I tried that also ... no difference

[quote]
what does your actionscript output look like? what does your php script look like?
[/quote]

PHP via echo dumped all the contents I was expecting....I also did a trace(this.toString()) in AS immediately after calling getFeed.load() and it dumped all the contents as well.  I see the variable "records" which is the first variable from PHP output, but there is also bunch of stuff infront of it, like:
[code]
%20%0D%0A&onLoad=%5Btype%20Function%5D

I suppose that is some sort of header... I don't understand why the variable "records" is not being recognized by AS.

Thanks,

sneakyimp

The reason I asked what your PHP output/code looked like is to try and help you. If I can't see it, I have no idea what's going on.

Same thing for actionscript. WHAT DOES YOUR ACTIONSCRIPT TRACE LOOK LIKE? All of it that results from the code you posted previously.

pt01

the echoed output from php in the browser is this:

records=9&sID0=9&tsp0=02%3A35%3A18pm&action0=act1&item0=s5&oldPx0=5555.0&salePx0=0.0&wholePx0=0.0%0A&sID1=8&tsp1=02%3A35%3A14pm&action1=act1g&item1=s4&oldPx1=4444.80&salePx1=0.00&wholePx1=0.00%0A&sID2=7&tsp2=02%3A35%3A05pm&action2=act1&item2=s1&oldPx2=1111.75&salePx2=0.00&wholePx2=0.00%0A&sID3=6&tsp3=02%3A34%3A15pm&action3=act1&item3=s2&oldPx3=2222.25&salePx3=0.00&wholePx3=0.00%0A&sID4=5&tsp4=01%3A55%3A48pm&action4=act1&item4=s3&oldPx4=3333.2112&salePx4=0.0000&wholePx4=0.0000%0A&sID5=4&tsp5=01%3A25%3A12pm&action5=act2&item5=s1&oldPx5=1111.00&salePx5=0.00&wholePx5=0.00%0A&sID6=3&tsp6=12%3A39%3A42pm&action6=act2&item6=s2&oldPx6=2222.25&salePx6=0.00&wholePx6=0.00%0A&sID7=2&tsp7=12%3A35%3A45pm&action7=act1&item7=s2&oldPx7=2222.00&salePx7=0.00&wholePx7=0.00%0A&sID8=1&tsp8=12%3A35%3A36pm&action8=act1&item8=s1&oldPx8=1111.00&salePx8=0.00&wholePx8=0.00%0A

(the first variable "records" has a value of 9 - which is correct as I have 9 records)

the trace from AS looks like this:

wholePx8=0%2E00%0A%20%0D%0A&salePx8=0%2E00&oldPx8=1111%2E00&item8=s1&action8=act1&tsp8=12%3A35%3A36pm&sID8=1&wholePx7=0%2E00%0A&salePx7=0%2E00&oldPx7=2222%2E00&item7=s2&action7=act1&tsp7=12%3A35%3A45pm&sID7=2&wholePx6=0%2E00%0A&salePx6=0%2E00&oldPx6=2222%2E25&item6=s2&action6=act2&tsp6=12%3A39%3A42pm&sID6=3&wholePx5=0%2E00%0A&salePx5=0%2E00&oldPx5=1111%2E00&item5=s1&action5=act2&tsp5=01%3A25%3A12pm&sID5=4&wholePx4=0%2E0000%0A&salePx4=0%2E0000&oldPx4=3333%2E2112&item4=s3&action4=act1&tsp4=01%3A55%3A48pm&sID4=5&wholePx3=0%2E00%0A&salePx3=0%2E00&oldPx3=2222%2E25&item3=s2&action3=act1&tsp3=02%3A34%3A15pm&sID3=6&wholePx2=0%2E00%0A&salePx2=0%2E00&oldPx2=1111%2E75&item2=s1&action2=act1&tsp2=02%3A35%3A05pm&sID2=7&wholePx1=0%2E00%0A&salePx1=0%2E00&oldPx1=4444%2E80&item1=s4&action1=act1g&tsp1=02%3A35%3A14pm&sID1=8&wholePx0=0%2E0%0A&salePx0=0%2E0&oldPx0=5555%2E0&item0=s5&action0=act1&tsp0=02%3A35%3A18pm&sID0=9&%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3ENotice%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20Undefined%20offset%3A%20%206%20in%20%3Cb%3EC%3A%5Chtdocs%5Cphp%5Csendtoflash%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E15%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3ENotice%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20Undefined%20offset%3A%20%205%20in%20%3Cb%3EC%3A%5Chtdocs%5Cphp%5Csendtoflash%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E15%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3ENotice%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20Undefined%20offset%3A%20%204%20in%20%3Cb%3EC%3A%5Chtdocs%5Cphp%5Csendtoflash%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E15%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3ENotice%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20Undefined%20offset%3A%20%203%20in%20%3Cb%3EC%3A%5Chtdocs%5Cphp%5Csendtoflash%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E15%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3ENotice%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20Undefined%20offset%3A%20%202%20in%20%3Cb%3EC%3A%5Chtdocs%5Cphp%5Csendtoflash%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E15%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0A%3Cb%3ENotice%3C%2Fb%3E%3A%20%20Undefined%20offset%3A%20%201%20in%20%3Cb%3EC%3A%5Chtdocs%5Cphp%5Csendtoflash%2Ephp%3C%2Fb%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E15%3C%2Fb%3E%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0Arecords=9&onLoad=%5Btype%20Function%5D
Loaded
undefined

(the records variable has undefined as value as supposed to be 9).

Really don't understand this situation here...

Thanks for taking a look,

sneakyimp

Looks to me like the variables you are passing from your PHP script don't match at all the ones you are expecting to find in your Action script. I think you are confused about how the loops are working.

As best I can tell, your PHP script (which I still haven't seen) is defining the same 7 variables for any given number. If '#' represents the item number, then these vars are as follows:
sID#
tsp#
action#
item#
oldPx#
salePx#
wholePx#

try this onload function...you might understand what's going on a little better:

getFeed.onLoad = function(success) {
     if (!success) {
          trace("Can not load");
     } else {
          loading_mc.removeMovieClip();
          trace("Loaded");
          var records:Number=this["records"];
          trace(records);
          if (numsigs==0)
               trace("No msgs yet");
          else {
               for (var i=0;i<records;i++) {
                    trace('item #' + i);
                    trace(' sID=' + this['sID' + i]);
                    trace(' tsp=' + this['tsp' + i]);
                    trace(' action=' + this['action' + i]);
                    trace(' item=' + this['item' + i]);
                    trace(' oldPx=' + this['oldPx' + i]);
                    trace(' salePx=' + this['salePx' + i]);
                    trace(' wholePx=' + this['wholePx' + i]);
               }
          }
     }
}

pt01

how am I going to do the loop to trace when the variable records is undefined ... I got to pass that problem first.

my PHP code:


<?php
	$inFile='rtmsg_test.txt';
	if (file_exists($inFile)) {
	   $rtSignal=fopen($inFile, 'rt');
	   $aIndex=0;
	   while(!feof($rtSignal)) {
	     $inlineA[$aIndex]=fgets($rtSignal);	
	     $aIndex=$aIndex+1;
	   }
	   $j=0;
	   for ($x=$aIndex-1;$x>-1;$x--) {
	     $inline=$inlineA[$x];
		 list ($p0,$p1,$p2,$p3,$p4,$p5,$p6)=explode("|",$inline);
                 $ts=date('h:i:sa',$p03);
	     if ($ts!=""){
	     	$xx = $x+1;
			$sID[$j]=$xx;
			$tsp[$j]=$ts;
			$action[$j]=$p2;
			$item[$j]=$p3;
			$oldPx[$j]=$p4;
			$salePx[$j]=$p5;
			$tgtPx[$j]=$p6;
			$j=$j+1;
	     }
	   }
	   $sendsignal  = 'records='.$j;

   for ($i=0;$i<$j;$i++) {
		$sendsignal .= "&sID{$i}=".urlencode($sID[$i]);
		$sendsignal .= "&tsp{$i}=".urlencode($tsp[$i]);
		$sendsignal .= "&action{$i}=".urlencode($action[$i]);
		$sendsignal .= "&item{$i}=".urlencode($item[$i]);
		$sendsignal .= "&oldPx{$i}=".urlencode($oldPx[$i]);
		$sendsignal .= "&salePx{$i}=".urlencode($salePx[$i]);
		$sendsignal .= "&wholePx{$i}=".urlencode($wholePx[$i]);
   }
   fclose($rtSignal);
	echo '<pre>';
		print_r($sendsignal);
	echo '</pre>';
   echo $sendsignal;
}
else {
   $j=0;
   $sendsignal  = 'records='.$j;
   echo $sendsignal;
}
?>

TIA.

sneakyimp

pt01 wrote:
the echoed output from php in the browser is this:

(the first variable "records" has a value of 9 - which is correct as I have 9 records)

you told me records had a value of 9.

pt01

yeah, it has a value of 9 in PHP output in the browser and is undefined in AS as shown in the trace statement.

sneakyimp

I'm not sure what to tell you bud. I created a php file that outputs exactly what yours is outputting (or at least i think it is...you haven't been very clear about exactly what php and as statements produce exactly what outputs).

here's the php file which i named 'test_file.php' and uploaded to mydomain.com:

echo 'records=9&sID0=9&tsp0=02%3A35%3A18pm&action0=act1&item0=s5&oldPx0=5555.0&salePx0=0.0&wholePx0=0.0%0A&sID1=8&tsp1=02%3A35%3A14pm&action1=act1g&item1=s4&oldPx1=4444.80&salePx1=0.00&wholePx1=0.00%0A&sID2=7&tsp2=02%3A35%3A05pm&action2=act1&item2=s1&oldPx2=1111.75&salePx2=0.00&wholePx2=0.00%0A&sID3=6&tsp3=02%3A34%3A15pm&action3=act1&item3=s2&oldPx3=2222.25&salePx3=0.00&wholePx3=0.00%0A&sID4=5&tsp4=01%3A55%3A48pm&action4=act1&item4=s3&oldPx4=3333.2112&salePx4=0.0000&wholePx4=0.0000%0A&sID5=4&tsp5=01%3A25%3A12pm&action5=act2&item5=s1&oldPx5=1111.00&salePx5=0.00&wholePx5=0.00%0A&sID6=3&tsp6=12%3A39%3A42pm&action6=act2&item6=s2&oldPx6=2222.25&salePx6=0.00&wholePx6=0.00%0A&sID7=2&tsp7=12%3A35%3A45pm&action7=act1&item7=s2&oldPx7=2222.00&salePx7=0.00&wholePx7=0.00%0A&sID8=1&tsp8=12%3A35%3A36pm&action8=act1&item8=s1&oldPx8=1111.00&salePx8=0.00&wholePx8=0.00%0A';
die();

i pasted this actionscript into the first frame of an empty flash movie and ran it:

var getFeed:LoadVars=new LoadVars();
getFeed.load("http://mydomain.com/test_file.php");
getFeed.onLoad = function(success) {
     if (!success) {
          trace("Can not load");
     } else {
//          loading_mc.removeMovieClip();
          trace("Loaded");
          var records:Number=this["records"];
          trace(records);
          if (numsigs==0)
               trace("No msgs yet");
          else {
               for (var i=0;i<records;i++) {
                    trace('item #' + i);
                    trace(' sID=' + this['sID' + i]);
                    trace(' tsp=' + this['tsp' + i]);
                    trace(' action=' + this['action' + i]);
                    trace(' item=' + this['item' + i]);
                    trace(' oldPx=' + this['oldPx' + i]);
                    trace(' salePx=' + this['salePx' + i]);
                    trace(' wholePx=' + this['wholePx' + i]);
               }
          }
     }
}

and here's the output in the trace window in flash:

Loaded
9
item #0
 sID=9
 tsp=02:35:18pm
 action=act1
 item=s5
 oldPx=5555.0
 salePx=0.0
 wholePx=0.0

item #1
 sID=8
 tsp=02:35:14pm
 action=act1g
 item=s4
 oldPx=4444.80
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

item #2
 sID=7
 tsp=02:35:05pm
 action=act1
 item=s1
 oldPx=1111.75
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

item #3
 sID=6
 tsp=02:34:15pm
 action=act1
 item=s2
 oldPx=2222.25
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

item #4
 sID=5
 tsp=01:55:48pm
 action=act1
 item=s3
 oldPx=3333.2112
 salePx=0.0000
 wholePx=0.0000

item #5
 sID=4
 tsp=01:25:12pm
 action=act2
 item=s1
 oldPx=1111.00
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

item #6
 sID=3
 tsp=12:39:42pm
 action=act2
 item=s2
 oldPx=2222.25
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

item #7
 sID=2
 tsp=12:35:45pm
 action=act1
 item=s2
 oldPx=2222.00
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

item #8
 sID=1
 tsp=12:35:36pm
 action=act1
 item=s1
 oldPx=1111.00
 salePx=0.00
 wholePx=0.00

I'm not sure what to tell you...this works for me. Have you viewed the source of your php output? Your PHP code might be adding headers to the output which would screw it up.

Perhaps you should try Actionscript.org or Flashkit.com?

pt01

anyhow, back to my little problem...I actually solved it by removing urlencode in the php script (thanks to a generous soul at another forum)... so everything got passed along to Flash...

Datagrid however, loads the data, but the data only shows up when I click on one of the headings - and then data disappears ... I mean what the ...

I am using the same AS script I posted ... what do I need to put in there so the data stays shown in the datagrid?

Thanks for taking a look dude...

sneakyimp

I have little experience with the dataGrid...try actionscript.org or flashkit.com.

I personally don't think removing urlencode (at least where i see it in your php script) should have solved your problem. in fact, if any of those values have a space in them, it might break everything. not sure about that.

but sounds like you are making progress. good luck with the dataGRid...i know how bad the flash/adobe/macromedia site can be for trying to get good support.