AS3 & PHP

I am trying to retrieve name and value pairs from a php
script with AS3. Flash keeps giving me the error.
Error #2101: The String passed to URLVariables.decode() must
be a URL-encoded query string containing name/value pairs.
Here is an extract of my php.
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc ($qr)) {
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($row)) {
$r_string .= '&' . $key . $i . '=' .$val;
$i++;
// add extra & to prevent returning extra chars at the
end
$r_string .='&';
echo $r_string;
If i change the echo to something like echo "name&value"
it works, its as if it does not like the $r_string. I have tried
using urlencode($r_string) and string($r_string) but it fails. The
php used to work in AS2 with sendAndLoad fine.

Thanks for your reply, however php does not seem to have a
URLEncode function, it has a urlencode function which I tried, I
pointed that out at the bottom of my original post.
Like I said previously, if i echo "name&value" (which is
not urlencoded) it works fine.

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AS3 / PHP / MySQL - login form

Hello,
I'm trying to create the most basic example I can of an AS3/PHP/MySQL interaction. I want a Flash movie to check a user's login/pass against a DB. I've tested the PHP code and know it's correct. The problem must lie in the AS. I've traced everything to make sure it goes out correctly, but it comes back as the variable names $user, $pass...and some other garbage... not the variable values I am expecting... see below.
The PHP code correctly returns the following when tested in browser: user=dan&pass=danpass&err=Success!
The traced variables $user, $pass, $err return the following in Flash:
undefined
$pass
$err";
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?>
Here's the ActionScript:
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
import flash.net.URLRequestMethod;
logbtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, login)
function login($e:MouseEvent){
var myVariables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("login.php");
myRequest.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
myRequest.data = myVariables;
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
myLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
myVariables.user = loguser.text;
myVariables.pass = logpass.text;
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And here's the PHP:
<?php
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$user = $_POST['user'];
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if($check > 0){
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Does anything stand out as being wrong? I've gone over this for probably 10-15 hours trying different variations, tweaks, and reducing it in complexity. I will really appreciate any help you can offer! Thank you.
-Eric

Thanks Birnerseff!
I've been running the SWF from the same directory as the PHP script. I just tried viewing it through my localhost and it worked! I guess I'll have to do all my testing that way, but that's fine.
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-Eric

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Hello,
I have created a form in flash (CS5) using AS3 and Php.
The test run worked absolutely fine but now I have added the form to my (original) flash movie it has a number of errors come up...
Thing is that I've just spent the last 2 hours trying to get this form to work and having no success what so ever.
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1152: A conflict exists with inherited definition flash.display:DisplayObject.name in namespace public.
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5000: The class 'fl.controls.TextArea' must subclass 'flash.display.MovieClip' since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.
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5000: The class 'fl.controls.UIScrollBar' must subclass 'flash.display.MovieClip' since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.
ComponentShim (Compiled Clip), Line 1
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stop();
var varLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
var varURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.jasonfinley.com/research/testing/TestingSaveData.php");
btnSave.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,fxnSave);
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Can anyone please help me understand why this isn't working and how I can fix it? Thank you
~jason

#1, Yes that is a security risk, please disable directory index viewing.
#2, Always validate. I see no issue with the code you're using but clearly it's not working. The way you find out is your trusty errors.
Make a new document (or paste this into your existing) where a button with the instance name btnSave is on screen:
// import required libs
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent;
import flash.text.TextField;
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btnSave.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fxnSave);
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var tf:TextField = new TextField();
addChild(tf);
tf.width = stage.stageWidth;
tf.height = 300;
tf.multiline = true;
tf.wordWrap = true;
tf.selectable = false;
tf.text = "Loading...\n";
// just making sure the textfield is below the button
this.swapChildren(tf,btnSave);
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 varLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, _onErrorHandler);
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function _onCompleteHandler(e:Event):void
 tf.appendText("Load complete: " + e);
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function _onErrorHandler(e:Event)
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 tf.appendText("Load failed, Security error: " + e + " type[" + e.type + "]");
 else if (e.type == IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR)
 tf.appendText("Load failed, IO error: " + e + " type[" + e.type + "]");
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That leaves you to diagnose the PHP script. Check your error_log and see what is going wrong. You're suppressing errors on your file write which doesn't help you locate the issue saving the file. If you want to handle errors yourself you should do the usual try/catch and handle the error yourself (write a debug log file, anything).

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 + "&email=" + f_Email.text
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 + "&message=" + f_Location.text
 + "&message=" + f_Date.text
 + "&message=" + f_Budget.text;
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 f_Name.text = f_Date.text = f_Location.text = f_Email.text = f_Phone.text = f_Budget.text = message_status.text = "";
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 var p:RegExp = /(\w|[_.\-])+@((\w|-)+\.)+\w{2,4}+/;
 var r:Object = p.exec(s);
 if( r == null )
 return false;
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<?php
$f_Name = $_POST['name'];
$f_Date = $_POST['date'];
$f_Location = $_POST['location'];
$f_Email = $_POST['email'];
$f_Phone = $_POST['phone'];
$f_Budget = $_POST['budget'];
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?>
Thank you in advance for any advice.

Try this:
For the actionscript side, my changes are in italics:
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.net.URLVariables;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
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 '.$comment.'
 
 
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 while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {
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 $name = $row["name"];
 $post_date = $row["post_date"];
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 '.$comment.'
 
 
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 mysql_close();
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use the trace function to debug:
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 processing_mc.visible = false;
 name_txt.text = "";
 msg_txt.text = "";
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 gbOutput_txt.condenseWhite = true;
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I am relatively new to actions script, very new to as3, and brand new to php. I have tried very hard to figure all of this out via tutorials, studying the code, etc but now I'm running out of time to get this done so I need some help.
I am trying to make a photo gallery that functions as follows:
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 # Checking wheter or not the file is invisible and starts with a "."
 $fileCheck = substr($file, 0, 1);
 # Checking to make sure the files is either a (jpg, JPG, png, PNG)
 $fileType = substr($file, -3);
 # Making sure file is not invisible
 if($fileCheck != ".")
 # Making sure file is readable and dynamically loadable by Flash
 if($fileType == "jpg" || $fileType == "JPG" || $fileType == "png" || $fileType == "PNG")
 # Adding File to the image array
 if($path != "."){
 array_push($imageFiles, $path . $file);
 }else{
 array_push($imageFiles, $file);
 # Sorting the files alphabetically
 sort($imageFiles);
 # Creating XML File output to be read by Flash
 echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n";
 # Root Node
 echo "<image_list>";
 # Creating child nodes for each image
 foreach($imageFiles as $value)
 # Pulling the Width and Height values for each file and adding them as attributes for the image node
 list($width, $height) = getimagesize($value);
 # Creating the image node
 echo "<image width=\"$width\"" . " height=\"$height\">" . $value . "</image>";
 echo "</image_list>";
 # Closing the readdir function
 closedir($handle);
And here's the as3:
//php photo section
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.net.*;
//load the php file
var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Photography.php");
var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
//define images variable as an xml file
var images:XML = new XML();
images.ignoreWhite = true;
images.addEventListener ('load', myLoader);
//define the images variable as an xml as the php file result
myRequest.data = images;
//outputting the filenames
function onLoaded(evt:Event):void {
trace("here we get the data back: "+myLoader.data);
//when the data is loaded, begin myRequest
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
myLoader.load(myRequest);
//array to call the images
var imageArray:Array //= NewArray();
var listLength:Number;
var il:XMLList = images.data //xml.images;
listLength=il.length();
var i:Number
var photo_btn:Array = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < listLength; i++); {
imageArray[i] = il[i].pic //xml.images[i].pic;
if (photo_btn[i].mouseDown == true) {
img_loader.load(imageArray[i])
if (i == 0) {
photo_btn[i].y = 422.7;
photo_btn[i].x = 411.5
else if (i > 0 && i < 24); {
photo_btn[i].y = 422.7;
photo_btn[i].x = (photo_btn[i-1].x + 18.6);
if (i > 24 && i < listLength); {
photo_btn[i].y = 442.7;
photo_btn[i].x = (photo_btn[i-1].x + 18.6);
img_loader.load(imageArray[0]);

As for AS3 part of it, I am not sure your code really works. There are syntax and logical errors there.
I think you need to take it step by step and accomplish several task in the following sequences:
1. Write code that loads XML correctly;
2. Write code that enables buttons;
3. Write code that will load images on button clicks.
The code below shows in principal what needs to be done in order to load XML and make the data in this XML available for further consumption. Also, by accomplishing this step you will iron out all the PHP vs Flash wrinkles including your XML.
Please note, I don't know your XML structure so all the parsing issues you need to resolve yourself.
Once you get handle on it - we, hopefully, will talk about steps 2 and 3.
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;
var images:XML;
var myRequest:URLRequest;
var myLoader:URLLoader;
// list of image urls that will come from loaded XML
var imageList:XMLList;
myRequest = new URLRequest("Photography.php");
myLoader = new URLLoader();
myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
// suggested handler for unexpected errors - avoids some headaches
myLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);
myLoader.load(myRequest);
// Note: all the listeners are removed
// it is always wise to remove listeners that are needed any longer
// to make objects eligible for arbage collection
function onLoadError(e:IOErrorEvent):void
 trace(e.toString());
 myLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
 myLoader.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);
function onFileLoaded(e:Event):void
 myLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onFileLoaded);
 myLoader.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);
 images = new XML(myLoader.data);
 // only now xml is ready and you can start loading images
 imageList= images.pic;

Bootstrap + mysql + php: robust solution for an educational dashboard?

Hi. We are just beginning work on a dashboard for educational purposes. We need to show data tables of sts progress, notes etc...
Kind of like the following tables:
http://www.dreambox.com/district-reports
We have downloaded a template based on bootstrap. It is all pretty easy except for the data integration. Before we were using flash datagrids and were also looking at flex components which were very easy to use. The questions are:
1. Can we get the same "power" for our data tables/data grids with bootstrap "ready made" plugin ins.
2. To replicate the datadrid in flash what do we use in bootstrap - ajax datatable or a j query plug in.
3. How do we connect up the mysql + php + datagrid. Would it be very similar to an AS3 + php + mysql solution?
Basically, is bootstrap html5 + CSS a viable robust solution to producing an educational dashboard.
I use the term plugin because I don't think you call them components or widgets.
You must also know that this will be on an enterprise level and there should be around 10,000 active users - not at the same time obviously. We will be hiring a freelancer or part tim staff to implement and maintain but we do need to know which way to go first.
Pretty broad questions maybe, just trying to find my way and study up on what I am supposed to be studying up on. I am on Lynda.com which is OK but I need some guys creating these things to give me advice and point us in the right direction.
Cheers in advance.

Hi - thank you Nancy - I should get really specific now.
I spent quite a few hours investigating and here's the run down.
1. php + mysqli: Pretty easy as it is the same workflow as I use in flash - I was just a bit thrown by the html part and still have a few questions.
I will post the link to the very clean and easy to follow mysql + php implementation on html tables just in case any newbies are following the post.
http://www.sourcecodetuts.com/php/18/how-create-secure-registration-page-phpmysql-part-ii
 mysqli - they seem to use the "improved" mysqli now and this code seems to be very professional with encryption etc...
My question is which is the best method for handling the recordset back from the database.
1. In flash we used to use XML serialized which is easy for flash objects to pick up and then display in the datagrid tables.
2. The example in the next link echos it out in the html table format which sounds very obvious but not sure if it is correct as I have never dome that before.
http://www.sourcecodetuts.com/php/40/creating-and-populating-table-mysql-data-using-twitte r-bootstrap-framework
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
 // Print out the contents of the entry
 echo '<tr>';
 echo '<td>' . $row['firstname'] . '</td>';
 echo '<td>' . $row['lastname'] . '</td>';
 echo '<td>' . $row['email'] . '</td>';
 echo '<td>' . $row['phone'] . '</td>';
3. However I am more used to dealing with an object returned and then dealt with in flash BUT a simple html table couldn't deal with that so - I have just started reading re: ajax or javascript. Are they the best way to handle data returned from a database. As I say this dashboard wil have to be used my many thousands and we will be creating various tables with multiple parameters inputted via dropdown box lists.
My workflow in flash - would it be javascript that would replicate that functionality or do I just echo out in tr and td tags as in above - seems to basic.
Sorry about repeating mysel above and going on and on but I hace finally got there - just missing the last part in the puzzle.
Cheers

Error #2007 and PHP

Hello!
Could you please help me with the following code because I can't find the solution - I receive Error #2007: Parameter text must be non-null. (I know what the error means but I'm not experienced enough to handle it)
This is hit counter that uses AS3, PHP ("Counter.php") and text file ("hit_count.txt").
AS3:
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
var varSend:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Counter.php");
varSend.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
varSend.data = variables;
var varLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
varLoader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
varLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
// this is the part that causes problem:
variables.requestCode = "homepage";
varLoader.load(varSend);
function completeHandler(event:Event):void {
 var countVar = event.target.data.phpCountVar;
PHP ("Counter.php"):
<?php
if ($_POST['requestCode'] == "homepage") {
 $txtDatabase = "hit_count.txt";
 $currentNumber = file_get_contents($txtDatabase, true);
 $fh = fopen($txtDatabase, 'w') or die ("cannot open file");
 $newNumber = $currentNumber + 1;
 $data = "$newNumber";
 fwrite($fh, $data);
 fclose($fh);
 print "phpCountVar=$newNumber";
?>
text file ("hit_count.txt"):
0
Any ideas?

click file/publish settings/flash and tick "permit debugging". retest. the problematic line number will be in your error message.
if that info doesn't allow to solve your problem, copy and paste the problematic line of code here.

Load XML file from addon domain without cross-domain Policy file

Hello.
Assuming that there are two addon domains on the same server: /public_html/domain1.com and /public_html/domain2.com
I try to load XML file from domain2.com into domain1.com without using cross-domain policy file (since it doesn’t work on xml files in my case).
So the idea is to use php file in order to load XML and read it back to flash.
I’ve found an interesting scripts that seems to do the job but unfortunately I can't get it to work. In my opinion there is somewhere problem with AS3 part. Please take a look.
Here are the AS3/PHP scripts:
AS3 (.swf in www.domain1.com):
// location of the xml that you would like to load, full http address
var xmlLoc:String = "http://www.domain2.com/MyFile.xml";
// location of the php xml grabber file, in relation to the .swf
var phpLoc:String = "loadXML.php";
var xml:XML;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(phpLoc+"?location="+escape(xmlLoc) );
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onXMLLoaded);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onIOErrorHandler);
loader.load(request);
function onIOErrorHandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void {
 trace("There was an error with the xml file "+e);
function onXMLLoaded(e:Event):void {
 trace("the rss feed has been loaded");
 xml = new XML(loader.data);
 // set to string, since it is passed back from php as an object
 xml = XML(xml.toString());
 xml_txt.text = xml;
PHP (loadXML.php in www.domain1.com):
<?php
header("Content-type: text/xml");
$location = "";
if(isset($_GET["location"])) {
 $location = $_GET["location"];
 $location = urldecode($location);
$xml_string = getData($location);
// pass the url encoded vars back to Flash
echo $xml_string;
//cURLs a URL and returns it
function getData($query) {
 // create curl resource
 $ch = curl_init();
 // cURL url
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $query);
 //Set some necessary params for using CURL
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 //Execute the curl function, and decode the returned JSON data
 $result = curl_exec($ch);
 return $result;
 // close curl resource to free up system resources
 curl_close($ch);
?>

I think you might be right about permissions/settings on the server for php. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to adjust them.
So I wrote my own script - this time I used file path instead of http address of the XML file. It works fine in my case.
Here it is:
XML file on domain2.com:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gallery>
 <image imagePath="galleries/gallery_1/images/1.jpg" thumbPath="galleries/gallery_1/thumbs/1.jpg" file_name= "1"> </image>
 <image imagePath="galleries/gallery_1/images/2.jpg" thumbPath="galleries/gallery_1/thumbs/2.jpg" file_name= "2"> </image>
 <image imagePath="galleries/gallery_1/images/3.jpg" thumbPath="galleries/gallery_1/thumbs/3.jpg" file_name= "3"> </image>
</gallery>
swf on domain1.com:
var imagesXML:XML;
var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
var varURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("MyPHPfile.php");
varURL.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
varURL.data = variables;
var MyLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
MyLoader.dataFormat =URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
MyLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, XMLDone);
MyLoader.load(varURL);
function XMLDone(event:Event):void {
 var imported_XML:Object = event.target.data.imported_XML;
 imagesXML = new XML(imported_XML);
 MyTextfield_1.text = imagesXML;
 MyTextfield_2.text = imagesXML.image[0].attribute("thumbPath"); // sample reference to attribute "thumbPath" of the first element
php file on domain1.com:
<?php
$xml_file = simplexml_load_file('../../domain2.com/galleries/gallery_1/MyXMLfile.xml'); // directory to XML file on the same server
$imported_XML = $xml_file->asXML();
print "imported_XML=" . $imported_XML;
?>
Regards
PS: for those who read the above discussion: the first and the second script work but you must test which one is better in your situation. The first script will also work between two domains on different servers. No cross domain policy file needed.

Why is code to get center of image not working?

Hey there. I have am trying to establish the center of the imags that load so that I can put them in the center of the stage. I am doing this as each image is a different size.
Here is the code i have gotten to work before but its not working now and I have been searching to find what I have done wrong with no luck. : (
Would you look it over and maybe you will see what I am doing wrong?
public function placePicture(e:Event = null):void {
     rawImage = imageData.image[imgNum].imageURL;
     lastImageIndex = imageData.*.length() - 1;
     imageLoader = new Loader;
     imageHolder = new Sprite;
     imageLoader.load(new URLRequest(rawImage));
     imageLoader.x -= imageLoader.width/2; //this should set the image to the center no?
     imageLoader.y -= imageLoader.height/2;
     imageHolder.x = 640; //this is the center of the stage
     imageHolder.y = 100;
     imageHolder.addChild(imageLoader);
     masterHolder.addChild(imageHolder);
The result when I publish is the picture comes on stage but the top left corner goes to 640 instead of the center of the image going to 640.
I tried several variations of this all with the same result:
imageLoader.x = -1*imageLoader.width/2;
I tried using setRegistrationPoint with the following tutorial: http://flashscript.ca/set-registration-as3.php
and I tried doing all of the above by inserting the loader into a sprite and then applying the code to the sprite and then adding that sprite to another sprite and putting that at 640 and not inserting it in another sprite and trying to straight up put the existing sprite at 640 (hopefully that all makes sense). And I have tried to put it to width/3 and nothing different happens.
If you have any other ideas or can see what I am doing wrong I would really be gratefull for some tips! : )
Thanks for any help!
oh, and I am getting no errors on this.

the image's width and height are not available until loading is complete. ie, use a complete listener/listener function.

Is it possible to create a forum in flash??

I'm creating a flash website and is this possible without using any kind of server side language, if so how do you do it,
if not how do i integrate my code in my flash?
tnx in advance...

You will need server-side support, most efficiently in the form of MySQL (or similar DB) and PHP (or similar server-side scripting). You can probably find some tutorial info if you search Google using terms like "AS3 PHP MySQL tutorial".

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