Flash/PHP/mySQL

[Anon]

I hope someone out there can help me - I have a mySQL database hosting the names of static jpg greeting cards (www.urban-greetings.com) - the site is written in PHP. I need to know how to add Flash based cards which can be viewed on the site in exactly the same way as the static jpg cards. When I add the Flash card filename to the database, it appears on the site, but with no image - what am I doing wrong?

[Anon]

you should insert the right <OBJECT>...</OBJECT> code in your HTML source file.

[Anon]

OK - but you're talking to someone who does not know what that's supposed to mean...think absolute idiot. My area of expertise is 3D modelling and animation...got kinda thrown in the deep end here...

[joshsisk]

The html code for adding a IMG file to a page is different from adding a Flash file.

If your script is trying to add Flash to a page using IMG SRC tags, it plain won't work.

You'll have to do some sort of if statement, with the appropriate html. To get the html tags for a flash file, you can use the HTML files that Flash generates (if you have html selected as one of the export types). Open 'em up in notepad and look for everything inside the OBJECT tags.

Then make a statement that either displays a jpg/gif using IMG SRC, or a flash file as OBJECT.