from flash to php and vice versa

ok, here is what i was trying to do. i wanted to use php backend for flash to read and write in text files. but there is a problem.

my flash actionscript:

Code:

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fname="ca.txt";
        _root.strText="Loading... Please wait...";
        loadVariablesNum("readMain.php?fname="+fname,0,"GET");

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and my php code:

Code:

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<?
#read the main file for contents

#first open the file
$fname=$_GET["fname"];
if ($fname == "") {
    $fname="ca.txt";
}

$file=fopen($fname,"rb");

#read from file and close it
$mtext=fread($file,filesize($fname));
fclose($file);

echo "strText="+$mtext;
?>

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its not working. the flash shows the loading part and halts.

what am i doing wrong?

First off, all variables your PHP script returns are not formed correctly. All variables for Flash to use must begin with an &

So it should look like

Code:

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&strText=something

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Also, you should add an &eof=true at the end of the file. That way, you can tell when it finished loading the text (it's not instant and usually takes a few frames to do so).

you could just use flash vars in the object code in ur webpage... so you could have php generate the flash vars code.... then you wouldnt have to worry about files..

Have you looked into load XML from flash, then all you would need to do would be to ouput the data in an XML format from your PHP script.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Latin4567

you could just use flash vars in the object code in ur webpage... so you could have php generate the flash vars code.... then you wouldnt have to worry about files..

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That's just what I showed him how to do and what he was trying to do...

worked..

changed the last line

Code:

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echo "strText="+$mtext;

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to

Code:

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print "$strText=$mtext";

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thanx people