How can I use PHP/XHTML and more in Flash?

[Anders Moen]

Hey!I bearly use Flash, but I was thinking I would give it a shot because I want to make an image gallery but then I need to read XHTML and maybe in the Flash because I will upload images and add the filename.fileextension into a database and select like this: echo '<img src="uploads/' . $row['image'] . '" alt="" />'; but I don't know how I can read XHTML and PHP in the FlashI got a little tutorial on it on a Norwegian forum (I don't remember where right now) and it works fine...now I just got to figure out how I can read the PHP/XHTML/CSS in the Flash...Anyone who knows?Thanks!

[Skemcin]

Depending on your host, you could use Flash Remoting - which would use ActionScript and ColdFusion to make your SQL statement inside the flash file to avoid all that extra work. But that's just another advantage to using CF - since you are working with php, one of the more novice approaches it to write your query results to a text file and then have Flash read the text file. Or, a step up is to group your images (if possible) and upload them into distinct folders (i.e. one per event/gallery). Then have flash read images by directory - another common method of dynamically bringing images into flash when not using ColdFusion.Search (google) any of these methods and you're likely to find a starting point.

[Anders Moen]

Hmm..ok, I'll try out something.

[justsomeguy]

You can also use the querystring to send parameters to the Flash movie when you embed it:src="movie.swf?img1=image1.jpg&img2=image2.jpg"There is also a Flash/Javascript integration kit on the Adobe website that you can use to have Flash communicate with Javascript.