loadvariables() problem

**ARSA** · May 4, 2005 12:33

I'm trying to use my loaded variable "finalCount" from php in my flash "for loop", but it doesnt work. I have my code sitting in the root, frame 1. I have a dynamic text field on the stage, with the variable name finalCount, and it loads and display the variable perfectly. But still I cannot use the variable finalCountNum in the for loop.

My code is as follow:

Code:

// Load variables from PHP script
loadVariables("map3.php", this);

// Turn variables from strings into numbers
var finalCountNum = Number(finalCount);

// Set variables for stage text-box
stageFinalCount = finalCountNum;

// Control variables
xpos 	= 5;
ypos 	= 5;
yspace 	= 5;

// Duplicate the dots and place them apart on the X & Y axis
for (i=1; i<=finalCountNum; i++) {
	dot.duplicateMovieClip("dot"+i, i);
	this["dot"+i]._x = xpos;
	this["dot"+i]._y = ypos;
	ypos += yspace;
}


stop();

My second question: How do I declare this if statement correctly? What I'm code is, if finalCount variable is not set or is empty, then finalCount = 20.
To see more on where I'm using this code, please reffer to the code above this one.

Code:

// if finalCountNum variable empty	
if (!finalCountNum) {
	finalCountNum= 20;
}

Thank you!

**jim_morrison3** · May 5, 2005 08:11

I'm trying to use my loaded variable "finalCount" from php in my flash "for loop", but it doesnt work.

Hi,
You can access your PHP variables in Flash by using _root convention like _root.finalCount, if your Flash is embedded in the PHP page.

My second question: How do I declare this if statement correctly? What I'm code is, if finalCount variable is not set or is empty, then finalCount = 20.

If finalCount is a number then you can use the following:

if(finalCountNum==0){
finalCountNum=20
}

**ARSA** · May 5, 2005 08:19

question#1:
I don't think the swf is embeded to the php page, because I didn't setup any new parameters for the swf html tag... and the swf is not in the same page as the script because of the "echo" problem, that displays the variables to screen and stuff.

question#2:
Well, yes its supposed to be a number, but since I don't get my php variable to work, I cannot see whats happening at the moment with that part of the code.

thanks for your reply