PHP/Flash integration inconsistencies

I am having some consistency problems with my flash application, when I echo out variables for flash to get, it doesn't always pick up what PHP is sending, it seems to vary from PC to PC.

I am getting info from a database, and I need to pass it to flash, say for instance I need to send through 5 variables $uid,$name,$points,$from,$page , how could I go about sending these from P开发者_Go百科HP to flash using AMFPHP?

I was told that AMFPHP would be the best tool to use for such situations, but I have NO knowledge of how it works and the sample code on the site is not making complete sense to me.

Thanx in advance!

You cannot push it from PHP to Flash - the communication has to be initiated by the Flash end. And you don't need AMFPHP for this; just use a URLLoader.

var ldr:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
ldr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoad);
ldr.load(new URLRequest("page.php"));

function onLoad(e:Event):void
{
  var loadedText:String = URLLoader(e.target).data;
  /**
   * Following will throw error if the text 
   * is not in the format `a=something&b=something%20else`
   * */
  var data:URLVariables = new URLVariables(loadedText);
  for(var t:Object in data)
    trace(t + " : " + data[t]);
}

inside the page.php, just do a simple echo:

//don't forget to urlencode your variables.
echo "uid=$uid&name=$name&points=$points";

It seems a hassle to get involved with AMFPHP just to send a couple of variables to a flash file. I suggest you try:

• Flashvars (though it's kind of limited to short variables)
• LoadVariables
• XML (returning the values you need as XML from PHP)

All of the above have worked consistently for me.