Simple Actionscript Syntax question

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ryanmm

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just trying to pass some variables from flash to php with getURL

getURL("CompSummary.php?url3=" + url3, "_self");

url3 keeps coming back as undefined

However I printed out url3 using dynamic text in the flash movie just to check it and it does indeed exist, and is defined.

I also tried creating a string and passing that to getURL

var path = "CompSummary.php?url3=" + url3;
getURL(path, "_self");

still no luck.

ideas?
 
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Some Basic tutorial.Hope this helps.
<?
$first="this";
$second = "that";

echo "myfirst=$first&mysecond=$second";
exit;
?>

Flash Actionscript:

var lvSend = new LoadVars();
var lvReceive = new LoadVars();
lvSend.SendAndLoad("www.domain.com/script.php",lvReceive,"POST");

lvReceive.onLoad = function(bSuccess) {
if(bSuccess == true) {
trace(this.myfirst);
trace(this.mysecond);
}
}
 
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Is the undefined variable problem in the Flash movie, or in the PHP script? If the latter, why have you not shown sample PHP code?
 
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no the problem is with the actionscript.

The variable DOES exist in the movie and IS set to the right value.

I set some dynamic text to = the value of url 3 just to test this very thing.

when the movie is launched, right there at the top of the screen, it says "url3 = 123456"

i got this simply by coding:

_root.myDynText = url3;

so url3 is defined and has a value in the movie.

however when I try to use getURL to reload the page based on url3
getURL("CompSummary.php?url3=" + url3, "_self");
it doesnt work, url3 isn't being passed
I would guess this really is a syntax problem with
getURL("CompSummary.php?url3=" + url3, "_self");

I tired using a string:

var path = "CompSummary.php?url3=" + url3;
getURL(path, "_self");

this didnt work either.

however, if i do this:
_root.myDynText = path;

CompSummary.php?url3=123456
prints out just fine

its like getURL just wont accept variables
 
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Here's the php. it works like a gem with everything except this flash

PHP: 
$_SESSION['url3'] = $_GET['url3'];

//if url3 doesnt exist, exit
if(!isset($_SESSION['url3']))
{
	PrintError('Sorry, url3 doesn\'t exist.','index.php');
	exit;
}
 
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ryanmm said:
Here's the php. it works like a gem with everything except this flash
Click to expand...
How do you know? Do you mean if you browse to "CompSummary.php?url3=123456" in a browser, you don't get the message that url3 doesn't exist?

You apparently haven't read my sig, nor the site from a previous link on posting sample code as you haven't written a complete sample. After filling out the scraps posted thus far into a complete example, there's no issue I see with undefined values.

get.as (compiled with mtasc):
Code: 
class GetTest extends MovieClip {
    static var base:String = 'CompSummary.php';
    static var url3:String = '123456';

    public function onLoad () {
         this.getURL(base + '?url3=' + url3, '_self');
    }
}

getter.xml (compiled with swfmill):
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<movie version="8" width="80" height="16" framerate="12">
  <background color="#FFFFFF"/>
  <frame>
    <library>
      <clip id="getst" import="build/get.swf" class="GetTest" />
    </library>
    <place id="getst" name="getter" depth="1" />
  </frame>
</movie>

CompSummary.php:
PHP: 
<?php
header('Content-type: text/plain');

function PrintError($msg, $file) {
    echo $msg;
}

# even without calling session_start(), this works
$_SESSION['url3'] = $_GET['url3']; 

if(!isset($_SESSION['url3'])) {
    PrintError('Sorry, url3 doesn\'t exist.','index.php'); 
    exit; 
} 

echo "url3: $_SESSION[url3]\n";

index.html
HTML: 
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
  <head><title></title></head>
  <body>
    <object data="getter.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="getter" height="50" width="200">
      <param value="sameDomain" name="allowScriptAccess" />
      <param value="high" name="quality" />
      <param value="#FFFFFF" name="bgcolor" />
    </object>
  </body>
</html>

Opening index.html results in the loading of page "CompSummary.php?url3=123456".
 
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The problem is in the flash actionscript, not the php.
I have solved the problem a different way by making a new php file that the flash refers to.
instead of "compsummary.php?id=123456" its now "ReloadFromFlash.php" Then I use a session var to get "123456"
Your code looks excellent, btw. Thank you for trying to help me.
 
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