Embeding Flash Media Encoder

jcivitello

Does anyone know if it is possiable to embed Flash Media Encoder into a php web page and if so can you help me? I'm not that very good with coding...I know just enough to get myself into trouble lol I use DW 2004 MX but I do understand some of the raw code.

bradgrafelman

PHP is a server-side language, so no, that's not possible because what you're wanting is a client-side language. If you're outputting an HTML page, then you'd embed it the same as if it you were editing any other HTML page.

jcivitello

so if I understand you correc tly I can embed it in the HTML even if the page is called [something.php] is that correct?

bradgrafelman

It doesn't matter what the URL looks like... it could be http://mysite.com/MyPage.IsReallyCool if you really wanted it to be. What matters is the content; if your webserver tells the browser that the content type is "text/html" then the browser's going to parse the data as HTML. Your browser doesn't know (nor does it care) whether a PHP script generated the content or not.

jcivitello

I guess I worded it wrong...I'm very sorry
I guess what I meant was do I need to use a script such as php to call the object or can it be embeded such as you would a flash file or image...I'm still very new at this and thats why I joined this forum to be able to get advice from the experts

bradgrafelman

I guess I still don't understand what you're asking. If your PHP script is outputting an HTML document, then there's nothing you'd do differently to embed a flash object than you would do on any other HTML document. Embedding a flash object has nothing to do with PHP... the former is client-side, and the latter is server-side.

jcivitello

I'm sorry I'm not sure if I even am explaining myself right.....I feel bad because I think Imight be wasting your time and I am sorry for that.

Flash Media Encoder is not just a "flash object" such as a flash banner or some file I want people to see....it is an actual program and it needs to be installed on the persons computer such as Windows media player needs to be installed on someones computer before they can view windows media files (or some other compatiable player) and if the player does not exsit then they are promted to download it.....I was mistaken to think that was done by some sort of programing script but I guess I was wrong....once again if I failed to explain this then maybe what I am trying to do just cant be done and I am sorry to waste your time
Respectfully,
Jim