Integrating PHP scripts with Flash

[SoulSe]

I use PHP all the time for news, guestbooks, polls, etc. on my site. I also use Flash for cool effects and interaction.

So what I am trying to do now is find a way to incorporate the two, so that I can use Flash for the 'face' of the site and PHP for the dynamic content.

I have googled all over and all I have found are a few examples of scripts that have been setup, but no good generic advice for achieving this.

I am not great with code, but I get by. All I am looking for is a how-to that could help me figure out how to get the content called from PHP and incorporated into my Flash movies.

Any help would be appreciated...

[Karsten]

Hej SoulSe,
to send variables from FLASH to a php-file
try this:

on (release ##or whatever you need##){
loadVariablesNum ("yourphpfile.php", 0, "POST");
}

Cheers,
Karsten

[HarryF]

Also have a look at PHPObject - http://ghostwire.com/resources/phpobject/

PHPObject is an opensource alternative to Flash Remoting for PHP developers. With PHPObject, you can call a method of a PHP class/library on your web server as if the class/ library was defined in Flash itself. It takes care of your client-server connections and makes passing of variables (properties) between Flash MX and PHP easy, and thereby providing a convenient way to connect rich media clients with data and business logic residing on your server.

[whiterabbit]

I use PHP all the time for news, guestbooks, polls, etc. on my site. I also use Flash for cool effects and interaction.

So what I am trying to do now is find a way to incorporate the two, so that I can use Flash for the 'face' of the site and PHP for the dynamic content.

I have googled all over and all I have found are a few examples of scripts that have been setup, but no good generic advice for achieving this.

I am not great with code, but I get by. All I am looking for is a how-to that could help me figure out how to get the content called from PHP and incorporated into my Flash movies.

Any help would be appreciated...

I do alot of this type stuff and my PHP coding stinks but for talking to flash this is the basic approach... I amtalking to Flash 4 by the way

<?php
include("aconstants.inc");

    
    $precheck = mysql_query("SELECT SUM(new) AS num_new FROM mailroom");
    $row=mysql_fetch_array($precheck);
    $sum= $row["num_new"];
    
    if($sum < "1") {
    $newmail= "0";
    
    $report= "newmail=";
    $report .= rawurlencode($newmail);
    echo("$report");
    
    } else {
    
    $newmail= $sum ;
    $report= "newmail=";
    $report .= rawurlencode($newmail);
    
    echo("$report");
}
?>

For multiple variables use "&" without quotes to seperate variables
ie: $report&$report2&$report3 and so on.

[SoulSe]

Thanks guys, I'm off to try and get a news script running with Flash...

[nucleuz]

Some resources:
There's a board for the PHP For Flash/ Advanced PHP for Flash book here: www.phpforflash.com
www.flashkit.com has a good backend/scripting forum
http://www.flash-db.com/