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Password authentification for as3 php upload

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September 4, 2011
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Hi

I'm making an Air file that uploads and overwrites an XML file.

So far, the php is very simple:

$everything = $_POST['saveThisXML'];

$everything = stripslashes($everything);
$toSave = $everything;

   $fp = fopen("settings.xml", "w");
   if(fwrite($fp, $toSave)) echo "writing=Ok";
   else echo "writing=Error";
   fclose($fp);

I'd like to set up a user name and passowrd that the user enters in the Air app. Is it then just a matter of sending POST data to the php file, and have it check the user and pass variables? Is that a reasonably safe way to do it? If not, can someone please point me in th edirection of a good tutorial that they're used on this topic?

Thanks again guys.

Shaun

ActionScript

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Correct answer kglad

I'd like to set up a user name and passowrd that the user enters in the Air app. Is it then just a matter of sending POST data to the php file, and have it check the user and pass variables?
yes, that's good.

Is that a reasonably safe way to do it?
it's not safe if the passwords are in the php file but it's safe if the php file retrieves the data from a secured database.

kglad

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I'd like to set up a user name and passowrd that the user enters in the Air app. Is it then just a matter of sending POST data to the php file, and have it check the user and pass variables?
yes, that's good.

Is that a reasonably safe way to do it?
it's not safe if the passwords are in the php file but it's safe if the php file retrieves the data from a secured database.

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Anonymous

OK

So somewhere along the line, the user is going to have to set up a database. I can use PHP to do that though, right? And they'd just have to run the php page once to set it up.

Thanks kglad.

Also, I can successfully upload data from a string (myString) in Flash using PHP:

var myData:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.blah.com/saver.php");
        myData.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
        var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
        var origEverything:String = myString;
        variables.saveThisXML = origEverything;

        myData.data = variables;
        var loadData:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
        loadData.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
        loadData.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, doneBaby);
        loadData.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, dataLoadError);
        loadData.load(myData);

However, when I try to add two variables to send to php, I get a named pairs error. Here's what I tried adding (in bold):

var myData:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.blah.com/saver.php");
         myData.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
         var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
         var origEverything:String = myString;

var passTest:String = 'testPW';
variables.saveThisXML = origEverything;

variables.saveThisPass = passTest;

        myData.data = variables;
         var loadData:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
         loadData.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
         loadData.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, doneBaby);
         loadData.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, dataLoadError);
         loadData.load(myData);

Why would that generate an error?

Cheers kglad

Shaun

kglad

Community Expert

your dataFormat property is incorrect. leave it unchanged, if that was working before.

(and, you wouldn't normally setup a database using php. that would be pretty laborious. every server i've worked on has a user interface that executes the php for you. myphpadmin is the most common, by far.)

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