How to echo a Flash variable in Php

[pen_test]

Okays.Let me start off by saying,"i am a noob".With that said,just ignore my poor explanation.I ve' been struggling to figure out what it is that is missing in my incoherent AS2 codes. What i am trying to achieve is very simple yet,confusing as i am still very new to several statements in AS2. My code below is accepting input from user(s).Then sends entered input to a Php file...which in-turns prints the entry in a new window.(some kinda test i choose to do).

AS 2 code --->

stop();

      submit_btn.onRelease = function() {

    if (Age_txt.text != '') {

var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

var receive_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

   send_lv.numby =Age_txt.text;

  send_lv.sendAndLoad("goto.php", receive_lv, "POST");

     getURL("goto.php", "_blank", "POST");

    } else {

   error_box.text = 'Fill fields correctly';

  }

};

Php goes like -->  <goto.php>

<?PHP

$catch=$_POST['numby'];

$hollaback='your fake age is $catch';

if($_POST[numby]) {

echo $hollaback ;

  }else {

         echo "you have entered nothing"; } 

?>

PS: The getURL() in my line 8 is just my way of forcing 'goto.php' to tell me what it caught in it's memory. I do not wish to send the msg back to flash via error_box.

                                                                                                          THANKS ALOT PEOPLES!

[kglad]

use:

stop();

var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

var receive_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

receive_lv.onData=function(src:String){

trace(src);  // or use a textfield to display those echos

}

      submit_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("sending "+Age_txt.text);  // for debugging

    if (Age_txt.text != '') {

   send_lv.numby =Age_txt.text;

  send_lv.sendAndLoad("goto.php", receive_lv, "POST");

   //  getURL("goto.php", "_blank", "POST");

    } else {

   error_box.text = 'Fill fields correctly';

  }

};

Php goes like -->  <goto.php>

<?PHP

$catch=$_POST['numby'];

$hollaback='your fake age is $catch';

if($_POST[numby]) {

echo $hollaback ;

  }else {

         echo "you have entered nothing"; } 

?>

PS: The getURL() in my line 8 is just my way of forcing 'goto.php' to tell me what it caught in it's memory. I do not wish to send the msg back to flash via error_box.

                                                                                                           THANKS ALOT PEOPLES!

[pen_test]

Not trying to be an asse but Php would never print a flash variable with just an ECHO statement especially when the variable would have to be returned to the flash dynamic textfield(error_box) name.

Apart from this, while i am not very sure IF i need the trace(), your code above is correct.And seriously, i am not lazy to try.. it is just not working.I d' suggest(if you have time) for you to do a test run on the above code.. you might u/stand my frustration. However,thanks a bunch..after-all, you r not being paid to help me

[kglad]

AGAIN:  trace(src);  // or use a textfield to display those echos

[pen_test]

So,i did all you told me(traced all stages..)the output panel proved good.But php did not receive anything. So i flipped the script from the above into this--->

AS Code [i made changes to onData() by using .onLoad() in Line 4 ]

stop();

var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

var receive_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

send_lv.onLoad = function(ok) {      //trying to make it available for php by onload

  if (ok) {

  error_box.text = 'Going for handshake with php,Thanks!!';     // decided to use textfield to display the echos

  } else {

  (error_box.text='Sorry..No Php');

  }

};

submit_btn.onRelease = function() {

  trace("sending: "+Age_txt.text);

  // for debugging

  if (Age_txt.text != '') {

  send_lv.Age = Age_txt.text;

  trace("Age: "+send_lv.Age);     //  I traced like this: +send_lv.Age instead of this: +Age bcos this: +Age gives an error in the output panel

  send_lv.sendAndLoad("goto.php", "receive_lv", "POST");

  trace(receive_lv);

  //getURL("goto.php", "_blank", "POST");

  } else {

  error_box.text = 'Fill fields correctly';

  }

};

then in Php, i swapped only between  _POST['Age'] for this: _POST['Age_txt] and backwards several times trying diff outcomes..yet NO JOY!

[kglad]

no.  you have more than one error.

just copy the code i suggested in message 1.  don't make any changes to my code.

you can add additional code (esp, if you need to use a textfield while testing and/or you want to add more trace functions).

[pen_test]

Went on a break to get a straight head..Using this on php gave me an error.

<?

$catch=$_POST['Age_txt'];

$hollaback='your fake age is $catch';

echo "&ASpipeline=$hollaback&";

?>

I used your code above(with little or no changes made).. ran it on my server. Php would flag back an error.Meanwhile, i saw/found no error from the AS2 code.now i really dont know why the variable isn't echoed back to flash //i used a dynamic txt to display msg..

var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

var receive_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

receive_lv.onData=function(src:String){

  trace(src);

  if (ok) {

   error_box.text = receive_lv.ASpipeline;}

   else{

   error_box.text="error at server end";

   }// or use a textfield to display those echos  

}

      submit_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("caught: "+Age_txt.text);  // for debugging

    if (Age_txt.text != '') {

   send_lv.numby =Age_txt.text;

    send_lv.sendAndLoad("goto.php", receive_lv, "POST");

   //  getURL("goto.php", "_blank", "POST");

    } else {

   error_box.text = 'Fill fields correctly';

  }

};

Now really short of ideas. Is it possible that the Flash player on my pc is the reason why these codes wont run?I use flash 8 professional.

[kglad]

now your php code is incorrect.

again, use:

stop();

var send_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

var receive_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

receive_lv.onData=function(src:String){

trace(src);  // or use a textfield to display those echos

}

      submit_btn.onRelease = function() {

trace("sending "+Age_txt.text);  // for debugging

    if (Age_txt.text != '') {

   send_lv.numby =Age_txt.text;

  send_lv.sendAndLoad("goto.php", receive_lv, "POST");

   //  getURL("goto.php", "_blank", "POST");

    } else {

   error_box.text = 'Fill fields correctly';

  }

};

//  <goto.php>

<?PHP

$catch=$_POST['numby'];

$hollaback='your fake age is $catch';

if($_POST[numby]) {

echo $hollaback ;

  }else {

         echo "you have entered nothing"; } 

?>

[pen_test]

Sir, I used as described in msg 7 but my swf output panel says "undefined".

Please and please again, what am i missing? Specifically, what is undefined in my AS2 code? Thanks and sorry for my slow assimilation.