php variable to flash - PLEASE HELP

[kpowning]

How can I get a php variable to pass into flash or pass through flash?

$name = "Sexy";

how can I make sure that in the flash form that I have $name = "Sexy"; or whatever the users name is. I want to pass this which is unseen to the user to paypal using a buy now button in which we are using the custom variable for paypal.

$custom = "<? echo $meminfo['username']; ?>;

In php the method above works and I get the members username, but how to define this same field using flash. I have very little experience in flash, so if someone could help me with the actionscript I would appreciate it.

[YAOMK]

it depends on how you want to parse the data being passed, you could use loadvars xml or the amf protocol (which I prefer). For more on it, check the tutorials and forum over at Alessandro's site.

[kpowning]

Basically I have index.php which loads the index.dwf movie.
In index.php I have a database query that gets the members information from the database. How can I get for example:

Their username into the index.swf action script I have for paypal?
Here is what I have so far does anyone have any suggestions?

INDEX.SWF

on (release) {

  //create the LoadVars that will hold our paypal information
  var paypal = new LoadVars();
  addVariable("custom", "<?=$test?>");
  //specify the business, amount of the item, shipping, etc. 
  paypal.cmd="_xclick";
  paypal.business="[e-mail]";
  paypal.currency_code="USD";
  paypal.amount="67.00";
  paypal.item_name="The Black Book";
  paypal.no_shipping="1";
  paypal.return="http://www.theblackbook.us/purchase/success.php ";
  paypal.cancel_return="http://www.theblackbook.us/purchase/cancel.php";
  paypal.custom=_root.custom;
 //send information to PayPal 
  paypal.send("https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr","POST");

}

INDEX.PHP

require_once('../connections/database.php');

error_reporting( E_ALL );  //-- FOR ERROR REPORTING //

// Passkey that got from link
$passkey=$_GET['passkey'];

$tbl_name1="registered_members";

// Retrieve data from table where row that match this passkey
$sql1="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name1 WHERE confirm_code ='$passkey' AND status='confirmed'";
$result1=mysql_query($sql1);

// If successfully queried
if($result1){

// Count how many row has this passkey
$count=mysql_num_rows($result1);

// if found this passkey in our database, retrieve data from table "registered_members"
if($count==1){

$meminfo = mysql_fetch_array($result1);
$test = $meminfo['confirm_code']; // GET confirm code from USER in database

//I want this field $test to show up as the custom variable in my flash actionscript for paypal.. PLEASE HELP
}
}