Posted by Daedalus.OS on 06/08/05 03:43

>> That's it. For more information I suggest you post on a flash newsgroup:
>> macromedia.flash and/or macromedia.flash.actionscript

This was about LoadVars by the way. If you still have trouble making your
Flash/PHP search, don't hesitate to post here, as the problem could be
equaly related to php than to flash.

Dae

"WhiteJediGuy" <Blader18x2005@cox.net> wrote in message
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> That is pretty cool, It will really help on later sites. I have been to
> flash forums, but I figured that at least a couple of people who know php
> would know flash as well. My assumation of the situation. Thanks again.
>
>
> "Daedalus.OS" <arsenault.daniel@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:42a62f5f$0$55687$892e7fe2@authen.white.readfreenews.net...
>> [NOTICE: It's a pretty long post]
>> Basically LoadVars can achieve the same things as getURL in your case,
>> but as you might notice getURL is far more simple than LoadVars. It's
>> perfect when you're want to use GET method, you have few variables to
>> send, and you want it to link to URL (not execute the script behind the
>> scene). On the other hand LoadVars can accomplish more than getURL. Lets
>> see how LoadVars works.
>> LoadVars is an ActionScript Class for data transfert between a flash
>> application and a server (via a php script for exemple).
>>
>> var objName:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>> This create a LoadVars object named objName. This object now contains the
>> methods, handlers and properties defined in the class.
>>
>> objName.field1 = "first";
>> objName.field2 = "second";
>>
>> These 2 lines declares two custom properties. These properties we add are
>> in fact the key/value pair flash will be sending to the server. In this
>> case flash will build something like this: field1=first&field2=second.
>> Basicaly the name of the property is the key and the content of the
>> property is the value.
>>
>> Now we can send, Load or both send and load data from a server.
>>
>> objName.send('http://www.domain.com/script.php');
>>
>> This one will only send the data (with post method by default I think),
>> discarding the result. So this is done by the flash application and
>> unless you specify otherwise, the viewer doesn't even know that it's
>> done.
>> Anyway you can use it to achieve the same result as a getURL by
>> specifying some optional parameters:
>>
>> objName.send('http://www.domain.com/script.php', '_self','GET' );
>> Now we're specifying to use GET method and since we precise a target
>> window in wich to send the result (_self=replace the current window), it
>> will be no more transparent and will act the same way as getURL would do.
>>
>> But LoadVars have more features. First as I already said, it can
>> transparently execute a script on a server. (increment an invisible
>> counter for exemple). But it can also retrieve data from a script or both
>> send and receive at the same time.
>>
>> objName.load('http://www.domain.com/price_list.php');
>>
>> or
>>
>> objOut:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>> objIn:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>> objOut1.productID = "5332004";
>> objOut.sendAndLoad('http://www.domain.com/product_list.php', objIn,
>> 'GET');
>>
>> Basically it send the the data of objOut to
>> 'http://www.domain.com/product_list.php' as GET, and take the result back
>> in objIn. The result should be a a url-like string, for exemple:
>> productID=5332004&price=99.99&description=Pretty funny
>> These key/value pair will then be available in flash as properties of the
>> objIn object.
>>
>>
>> That's it. For more information I suggest you post on a flash newsgroup:
>> macromedia.flash and/or macromedia.flash.actionscript
>>
>> Dae
>>
>>
>> "WhiteJediGuy" <Blader18x2005@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:cdnpe.3328$7s.537@fed1read01...
>>> If you want to explain what it is, I would be much appreciative. As much
>>> as I can learn, the better. Thanks Greatly!
>>>
>>> I yet to still test out the code given last.. Thanks again though..
>>>
>>>>> would the format be something like this?
>>>>> var q:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
>>>>> q.search = search;
>>>>> q.send('http://catalog.playersmusic.com/catalog/search.php');
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again. Hope I didnt put too much this time!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No it wouldn't. I can explain it if want (even if it's not what you
>>>> need).
>>>>
>>>> Dae
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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