Problems to retrieve PHP vars in Flash

Anon

Hello,

i've problems to get the values of PHP variables into flash.

Is use a php script like this :
<?
$test = 123;
print "$varname=$test";
?>
just as i have seen it in sample tutorials.

But Flash just reads the name and not the value of the variable...
means i have a textfield filled with:
$test";
Just compiling that script shows the right string on my computer like:
&varname=123

Any Idea what is going wrong ?

I use an Apache Server on a Win2k machine dealing with php 4.2.1
Global Vars are enabled. Normal form handling via php works as well...

Thank you for your help.
Phil

Anon

Be careful, you may be using single quotes around the string, which will not intrepret variables within it. I.E. your code may look like:

print '$varname=$test';
------^{--------------}

That is the only way that flash could actually see the text $test. To get what you want (I'm assuming, never used flash variables) try:

print "\$varname=$test";

this will make sure the string coming out looks like
$varname=123

etc etc.

Hope that helps.

Chris King

Anon

Thanks for your Tip, but unfortunatly it is no solution.

I tried several ways of insterting and printing the values...

it always works well using just php.exe or my apache to compile that php-site.
but when i use loadVariables("phpsite.php", this); in flash i just get the var name with the followig code fragments... eg $var1";

i also changes the laudVariables Level in flash... just the same problems

Anon

Is flash opening your PHP file through the local file system, or through your web server?

If it is opening through the filesystem, it will just see your PHP source, not the output of that source.

Anon

The file, in which the flash movie is embedded is called via the server and the flash movie calls the php file from a position relative to its own path.

Even when i enter the absolute path(using the server) within the flash movie i get the same problem...

It is no caching problem...

Anon

Flash should be reading the vars through the web server - i.e. loadVariables("http://localhost/path/phpsite.php")

Anon

i used exactly this way for calling the php site. :-(

Anon

I just tried a little bit more and had to realize that my php file and flash file work perfect together, if i use a netscape(4.7 and 6.2), opera or mozilla.

It just works not with IE. Any more ideas ?
Have I to set some special options in the embed tag ?

Thanks a lot !
Phil