Loading php variables into flash 8

Question

i'm trying to load some vars into flash 8. i tried
loadvariables, loadvariablesnum, loadvars, google. can't figure it
out.
2 years ago when using flash mx trying the same thing, the
line:
loadVariablesNum("file",0);
was enough to do the trick.
but in flash 8 can't get it to work ;(
i have the simplest php file, something like this:
<?
$town = "where";
$person = "who";
$sex = "male";
print "town=$town&person=$person&sex=$sex";
?>
the use of variables is a must, so the solution
print "town=where&person=who&sex=male"
doesn't do me any good. actually this works.
so what's the correct way of loading this into flash 8?
thanks guyz.

Answer 1

you can also use a FlashVars= parameter in your
<object><embed> code, IF you are using your PHP code to
also display your flash movie, and if you only need to pass these
variables once when the movie loads. If this is what you need to
do, use this....
<object ...>
....// other params .....
<param name="FlashVars" value="<?
echo var1name;
?>=<?
echo var1value;
?>&<?
echo var2name;
?>=<?
echo var2value;
?>" >
Though you will have to do that in two places, once in the
object code, and once in the embed code.
The embed code would look more like
<embed ...... FlashVars="<? //php similar to above
?>" ..... />
I have used this successfully to pass in variables when the
flash movie first loads, to pass in stuff like a URL for a link and
other info. There are a lot of different ways to pass values in to
flash. You can also use ExternalInterface.call and use Javascript
along with PHP to retrieve info at any time, but that is more
complex.
This may not be what you need - but you can still use
LoadVariables with Flash 8, as well.